Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferrai

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy (locative), from *per- (“to cross, pass”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɸer.rɑi̯/

Adverb

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far, distant

Derived terms

*firrijaną
*firrisōną

Descendants

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- Proto-West Germanic:
  - Old English: feorr, feor
    - Middle English: fer, feor, for, fur, feer, ver, veir, far
      - English: far
      - Scots: faur
      - Yola: var
  - Old Frisian: fir, fer
- Proto-Norse: *ᚠᛖᚱᛖ (*fere)
  - Old Norse: fjarri
    - Icelandic: fjarri
    - Faroese: fjarri
    - Old Swedish: fiærre
      - Swedish: fjärran
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 (fairra)
*ferrô (with adverbial ending *-ô)
- Proto-West Germanic:
  - Old Saxon: fer, ferr, ferro
    - Middle Low German: verre
  - Old Dutch: ferro
    - Middle Dutch: verre
      - Dutch: ver
        Afrikaans: ver
        Berbice Creole Dutch: faru
        Javindo: fer
        Negerhollands: ver
  - Old High German: ferro
    - Middle High German: verre
      - Cimbrian: vèrre, bèrre
      - Mòcheno: vèrr

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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