faar

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian feder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Compare North Frisian faaðer, fåår, English father, Dutch vader, Low German Vader, German Vater, Danish fader, far.

Noun

faar (plural fâden)

1. (archaic) father (used mainly as an affix; for example, stamfaar = tribal patriarch)

Synonyms

• heit (normal word for father)