Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/feþru

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *feþrō.

Noun edit

*feþru f^[1]

feather

Inflection edit

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*feþru
Genitive	*feþrā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*feþru	*feþrō
Accusative	*feþrā	*feþrā
Genitive	*feþrā	*feþrō
Dative	*feþrē	feþrōm, feþrum
Instrumental	*feþru	feþrōm, feþrum

Descendants edit

Old English: feþer
- Middle English: feþer, fether, fethere, fedder, veþer
  - English: feather
  - Scots: fedder
  - Yola: vethers (plural)
Old Frisian: fethere
- Saterland Frisian: Feeder
- West Frisian: fear
Old Saxon: fethara
- Middle Low German: vēdere, vēder
  - German Low German: Feer
  - Low German: Fedder
Old Dutch: fethera
- Middle Dutch: vedere
  - Dutch: veder, veer
    - Afrikaans: veer
Old High German: fedara
- Middle High German: vëdere, vëder
  - Cimbrian: vèdara, bèdara
  - German: Feder
  - Luxembourgish: Fieder
  - Vilamovian: faoder
  - Yiddish: פֿעדער (feder)
- → Italian: federa (“pillowcase”)
- → Venetian: fhédera
  - → Cimbrian: fòdara

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *feþru”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *feþru”

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