fæder

/ˈfæ.der/ · noun

Meaning

father

Etymology / origin

From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Old Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).

𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂(Gothic)→
faðir(Old Norse)→
fater(Old High German)→
fader(odt)→
fadar(Old Saxon)→
feder(Old Frisian)→
*ph₂tḗr(ine-pro)→
*fadēr(gem-pro)→
*fader(gmw-pro)→
fæder (Old English)
Relations: inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

*fader(gmw-pro)*fadēr(gem-pro)*ph₂tḗr(ine-pro)feder(Old Frisian)fadar(Old Saxon)fader(odt)fater(Old High German)faðir(Old Norse)𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂(Gothic)πατήρ(Ancient Greek)faeder(English)fader(Middle English)faþe(Old English)faþu(Old English)पितृ(Sanskrit)faither(Scots)

Descendant words

πατήρ(Ancient Greek) (cog)
faeder(English) (lbor)
fader(Middle English) (inh)
fader(Middle English) (inh)
faþe(Old English) (cog)
faþu(Old English) (cog)
feder(Old Frisian) (cog)
faðir(Old Norse) (cog)
पितृ(Sanskrit) (cog)
faither(Scots) (inh)

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