Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fadēr

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 *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.ðɛːr/

Noun

*fadēr m

father

Inflection

r-stemDeclension of *fadēr (r-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fadēr	*fadriz
vocative	*fader	*fadriz
accusative	*faderų	*fadrunz
genitive	*fadurz	*fadrǫ̂
dative	*fadri	*fadrumaz
instrumental	*fadrē	*fadrumiz

Derived terms

*fadrigaz
*fadrīnaz
*fadurbanô
*fadurgardaz
*fadurlausaz
- West Germanic: *faderlaus
*fadurlīkaz
*fadurskapiz (“fatherhood”)
*fadurwjô
*fōstrafadēr (“foster-father”)
*steupafadēr (“step-father”)

Related terms

*faþō

Synonyms

*attô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fader
- Old English: fæder
  - Middle English: fader, fæder, faderr, fadir, fadyr, fadur, feder, vader, veder, faðer, father, ffader
    - English: father
      - → Marshallese: bata
    - Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, fither
    - Yola: vather
  - → English: faeder
- Old Frisian: feder, fader
  - North Frisian:
    Goesharde:
    Hoolmer: fooje
    Hoorninger: fååje
    Heligoland: Foor
    Sylt: Faađer
  - Saterland Frisian: Foar
  - West Frisian: faar
- Old Saxon: fadar, fader
  - Middle Low German: vāder
    - German Low German: Vader
      - Plautdietsch: Voda
- Old Dutch: fadar
  - Middle Dutch: vāder
    - Dutch: vader
      - Afrikaans: vader
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir
      - Javindo: fader
      - Jersey Dutch: vâder
      - Negerhollands: vader
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: father
    - Limburgish: vajer, vader
- Old High German: fater
  - Middle High German: vater
    - Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter
      Italian Walser: fater, vàtter
      Swabian:
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar
      Mòcheno:
      Udinese: votar, voter
    - Central Franconian: Vader
      Hunsrik: Fatter
      Transylvanian Saxon: Foater
    - East Central German: Voater
      Vilamovian: foter, fōter
    - East Franconian:
    - German: Vater, Vatter
      - → Central Franconian: Vatter
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German:
    - Yiddish: פֿאָטער‎ (foter)
Old Norse: faðir, ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ)
- Icelandic: faðir
- Faroese: faðir
- Norn:
  Orkney: fa
  Shetland: fy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: far, fader; (dialectal) fade, fair, fai
  - → Kven: faari
- Elfdalian: faðer
- Westrobothnian: far, fær, fär, fer
- Old Swedish: faþir, fadher, fadhir
  - Swedish: fader, far
- Old Danish: faþir, fathær
  - Danish: fader, far
    - Norwegian Bokmål: fader, far
  - Scanian: faðer
- Gutnish: far, fadar, fadur
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar)