Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fērijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *fērō (danger, harm) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸeː.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*fērijaną[1]

  1. to terrify, to frighten
  2. to slight

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fārijan
    • Old English: fǣran
    • Old English: fored, forod (broken, fractured, weakened, crippled, void) (< *fārōn)
    • Old Dutch: *fāren
  • Old Norse: færa

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fērjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102