Farn
See also: farn
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German farn, from Old High German farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with English fern, West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Farn m (strong, genitive Farnes or Farns, plural Farne)
Declension edit
Declension of Farn [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Farn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Farn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Farn” in Duden online