Meaning 12.541: the fathom

Description: ‘a unit of length (originally outstretched arms), equal to about 1.8 metres’
Semantic field: Spatial relations
Semantic category: Noun
Borrowed score
Borrowed score

This gives the average borrowed score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following borrowed scores are assigned to words depending on the degree of likelihood of borrowing:

 
score
1. clearly borrowed
1.00
2. probably borrowed
0.75
3. perhaps borrowed
0.50
4. very little evidence for borrowing
0.25
5. no evidence for borrowing
0.00

:		 0.17
Age score
Age score

This gives the average age score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following age scores are assigned to words depending on the estaimated age of their age class:

 
score
1. first attested or reconstructed earlier than 1000
1.00
2. earlier than 1500
0.90
3. earlier than 1800
0.80
4. earlier than 1900
0.70
5. earlier than 1950
0.60
6. earlier than 2007
0.50

:		 0.85
Simplicity score
Simplicity score

This gives the average simplicity score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following simplicity scores are assigned to words depending on their analyzability:

 
score
1. unanalyzable
1.00
2. semi-analyzable
0.75
3. analyzable
0.50

:		 0.96
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
12 Dutch vadem 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English fathom 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa gàbáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian anana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua brasa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian depa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw digir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese fazomu ファゾム 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
21 Japanese hiro 尋 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket qān (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami sēll сэ̄лл 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian kloftaŕ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy rèfy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun nufkü 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German klâftra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen da:r 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi nthu̲fi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' q'aal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' moqoj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian stânjen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole bras 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
24 Vietnamese sải 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong daj (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
32 Yaqui mambebeme’eku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50