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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farjǭ
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *farjaną (“to ferry, travel by boat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑr.jɔ̃ː/
Noun
*farjǭ f
- ferry
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *farjǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *farjǭ | *farjōniz | |
| vocative | *farjǭ | *farjōniz | |
| accusative | *farjōnų | *farjōnunz | |
| genitive | *farjōniz | *farjōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *farjōni | *farjōmaz | |
| instrumental | *farjōnē | *farjōmiz | |
Derived terms
- *farjōną
Descendants
- Middle Low German: vere
- Middle Dutch: vere
- Dutch: veer
- Old High German: *fera
- Middle High German: vere
- German: Fähre
- Luxembourgish: Fuer
- Middle High German: vere
- Old Norse: ferja
- Icelandic: ferja
- Faroese: ferja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ferje, ferja f
- → Norwegian Bokmål: ferje m or f
- Norwegian: (dialectal) farje, ferri
- Old Swedish: færia
- Swedish: färja
- Old Danish: færje
- Danish: færge
- Norwegian Bokmål: ferge
- Danish: færge
- → Middle English: ferie, fery, ferye, ffery, verye
- English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: ferry
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN