Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fardiz

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.

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

A ti-stem derived from *faraną (“to go, travel”), representing Pre-Germanic *portís.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.ðiz/

Noun

*fardiz f

1. a journey, voyage

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *fardiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fardiz	*fardīz
vocative	*fardi	*fardīz
accusative	*fardį	*fardinz
genitive	*fardīz	*fardijǫ̂
dative	*fardī	*fardimaz
instrumental	*fardī	*fardimiz

Descendants

• Old English: ferd, feord, fierd, fyrd
  • Middle English: ferd, verd, færd, værde, varde
    • English: ferd
    • Scots: ferd, fard, faird
  • → English: fyrd
• Old Frisian: ferd
• Old Saxon: fard
  • Middle Low German: vart
    • → Danish: fart
      • → Icelandic: fart
      • → Faroese: fart
    • → Swedish: fart
• Old Dutch: farth, fard
  • Middle Dutch: vart, vaert
    • Dutch: vaart
    • → West Frisian: feart
    • → Walloon: vårt
• Old High German: fart, vart
  • Middle High German: fart
    • German: Fahrt, Fährte
      • Saterland Frisian: Foart
      • → Danish: fært
    • Luxembourgish: Faart
• Old Norse: ferð
  • Icelandic: ferð
  • Faroese: ferð
  • Norwegian: ferd
  • Old Swedish: færþ
    • Swedish: färd
  • Old Danish: færth
    • Danish: færd
  • Westrobothnian: fäl

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
• “fart”, “færd”, “fært” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog