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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōdr
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”).
Noun
*fōdr n
- fodder
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fōdr | |
| Genitive | *fōdras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Accusative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Genitive | *fōdras | *fōdrō |
| Dative | *fōdrē | *fōdrum |
| Instrumental | *fōdru | *fōdrum |
Descendants
- Old English: fōdor
- Middle English: fodder, foddre, fodre, foder, fodyr, foddur, voddur
- English: fodder
- Scots: foder, fodder, fother, fothir
- Middle English: fodder, foddre, fodre, foder, fodyr, foddur, voddur
- Old Frisian: fōder
- North Frisian: Fođer, fooder
- Saterland Frisian: Fodder
- West Frisian: foer
- Old Saxon: *fōdar
- Middle Low German: vōder
- Old Dutch: *fuodar
- Dutch: voeder, voer
- Afrikaans: voer
- Limburgish: voder, voor
- Dutch: voeder, voer
- Old High German: fuotar
- Middle High German: vuoter
- Cimbrian: fuutar
- German: Futter
- Luxembourgish: Fudder
- Middle High German: vuoter
- → Old French: fuerre (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”).
Noun
*fōdr n[1]
- sheath
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fōdr | |
| Genitive | *fōdras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Accusative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Genitive | *fōdras | *fōdrō |
| Dative | *fōdrē | *fōdrum |
| Instrumental | *fōdru | *fōdrum |
Descendants
- Old English: fōdor
- Old Dutch: *fuodar
- Middle Dutch: voeder
- Dutch: voer
- Middle Dutch: voeder
- Old High German: fuotar
- Middle High German: vuoter
- German: Futter
- → Polish: futro
- Luxembourgish: Fudder
- → Italian: fodero
- → Venetian: fódro
- →? Cimbrian: fòdara
- German: Futter
- Middle High German: vuoter
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *fōdr”