Faađer

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • fåår (southern Goesharde)

Etymology

From Old Frisian feder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognates include West Frisian faar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔːðər/, [ˈfoːlɐ], (western dialects, now all but extinct) [ˈfoːrɐ]

Noun

Faađer m (plural Faađern)

  1. (Sylt) father

See also