Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fadurjō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fadurjô. Equivalent to *fader (“father”) +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*fadurjō m

paternal uncle

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fadurjō
Genitive	*fadurjini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fadurjō	*fadurjan
Accusative	*fadurjan	*fadurjan
Genitive	*fadurjini	*fadurjanō
Dative	*fadurjini	*fadurjum
Instrumental	*fadurjini	*fadurjum

Derived terms

*gafadurjō

Descendants

Old English: fædera
Old Frisian: federia, federja
- Saterland Frisian: Fädder
- North Frisian: fadrje, fedrje, feddere
Old Saxon: *fadiro
- Middle Low German: veddere, vedder, veder, vedere, vēder, viddere
  - Low German: Vedder
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: fetter
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: fetter
Old Dutch: *fadero
- Middle Dutch: vedder
  - Dutch: vedder
Old High German: fatureo, fatero, fetiro
- Middle High German: vetere, veter
  - German: Vetter
  - Yiddish: פֿעטער‎ (feter)