Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fadēr

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.ðɛːr/

Noun

*fadēr m

1. father

Inflection

r-stemDeclension of *fadēr (r-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fadēr	*fadriz
vocative	*fader	*fadriz
accusative	*faderų	*fadrunz
genitive	*fadurz	*fadrǫ̂
dative	*fadri	*fadrumaz
instrumental	*fadrē	*fadrumiz

Derived terms

• *fadrīnaz
• *fadurbanô
• *fadurgardaz
• *fadurlīkaz

Related terms

• *fadurjô
• *faþō

Synonyms

• *attô

Descendants

• West Germanic: *fader
  • Old English: fæder
    • Middle English: fader, fæder, faderr, fadir, fadyr, fadur, feder, vader, veder, faðer, father
      • English: father
      • Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, fither
      • Yola: vather
    • → English: faeder
  • Old Frisian: fader, feder
    • North Frisian:

      Söl'ring: Faađer

      Southern Goesharde: fååðer, fåår

    • Saterland Frisian: Foar, Fadder
    • West Frisian: faar
  • Old Saxon: fadar, fader
    • Middle Low German: vāder
      • German Low German: Vader
        • Plautdietsch: Voda
  • Old Dutch: fadar
    • Middle Dutch: vāder
      • Dutch: vader
        • Afrikaans: vader
        • Jersey Dutch: vâder
      • Limburgish: vajer, vader
  • Old High German: fater
    • Middle High German: vater
      • Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter

        Italian Walser: fater, vàtter

        Swabian: [Term?]

      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: vatar, baatar

        Mòcheno: [Term?]

        Udinese: votar, voter

      • Central Franconian: Vader

        Hunsrik: Fatter

        Transylvanian Saxon: Foater

      • East Central German: Voater

        Vilamovian: foter, fōter

      • East Franconian: [Term?]
      • German: Vater, Vatter
        • → Central Franconian: Vatter
      • Rhine Franconian: [Term?]

        Pennsylvania German: [Term?]

      • Yiddish: פֿאָטער‎ (foter)
• Old Norse: faðir
  • Elfdalian: faðer
  • Faroese: faðir
  • Gutnish: far, fadar, fadur
  • Icelandic: faðir
  • Norn:

    Orkney: fa

    Shetland: fy

  • Norwegian: far, fader
  • Old Danish: faþir, fathær
    • Danish: fader, far
  • Old Swedish: faþir, fadher, fadhir
    • Swedish: fader, far
  • Scanian: faðer
  • Westrobothnian: far, fær, fär, fer
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar)