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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Etymonline's sources (such as Watkins) derive this word from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to traverse; go across”). However, Kroonen instead reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH-,[1] a root whose morphology is subject to heated debate. See there for more.
In any case, cognate to Latvian papartis, Proto-Celtic *ɸratis, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇa), and Proto-Slavic *paportь.
Noun
*farn m or n
- fern
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *farn | |
Genitive | *farnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *farn | *farnō, *farnōs |
Accusative | *farn | *farnā |
Genitive | *farnas | *farnō |
Dative | *farnē | *farnum |
Instrumental | *farnu | *farnum |
Neuter a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *farn | |
Genitive | *farnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *farn | *farnu |
Accusative | *farn | *farnu |
Genitive | *farnas | *farnō |
Dative | *farnē | *farnum |
Instrumental | *farnu | *farnum |
Descendants
- Old English: fearn
- Middle English: fern, vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn
- English: fern
- Scots: farne, fairn
- Yola: vearne, fearn
- Middle English: fern, vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn
- Old Frisian: *farn
- Saterland Frisian: Foone
- West Frisian: fear
- Old Saxon: farn
- Middle Low German: varn, varne, varen
- Old Dutch: farna
- Middle Dutch: varen
- Dutch: varen, varem
- Afrikaans: varing
- Dutch: varen, varem
- Middle Dutch: varen
- Old High German: farn, faran, faram
- Middle High German: varn, varm, farn, farm
- German: Farn, Farm
- Luxembourgish: Far
- Middle High German: varn, varm, farn, farm
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 129-130