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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *poro-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go forth, cross”). Related to Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “means of passing a river, ford, ferry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.rɑ̃/
Noun
*farą n
- a means of passing, ford, ferry
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *farą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *farą | *farō | |
vocative | *farą | *farō | |
accusative | *farą | *farō | |
genitive | *faras, *faris | *farǫ̂ | |
dative | *farai | *faramaz | |
instrumental | *farō | *faramiz |
Derived terms
- *farjaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: fær
- Middle English: fare (merged with descendant of Old English faru)
- English: fare
- Middle English: fare (merged with descendant of Old English faru)
- Old High German: far
- Middle High German: var
- German: Fahr
- Middle High German: var
- Old English: fær
- Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: far
- Icelandic: far
- Faroese: far
- Norn: far
- Old Swedish: far
- ⇒ Old Norse: farkostr
- → Middle English: farcost
- Old Norse: far
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN