Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fader
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fadēr.
Noun
*fader m[1]
Inflection
| R-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fader | |
| Genitive | *fadur | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fader | *fadar |
| Accusative | *fadar | *fadar |
| Genitive | *fadur | *fadrō |
| Dative | *fadri | *fadrum |
| Instrumental | *fadri | *fadrum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: fæder
- Old Frisian: feder, fader
- Old Saxon: fadar, fader
- Old Dutch: fadar
- Old High German: fater
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60: “PWGmc *fader”