Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farjaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Probably the causative-iterative to the lost strong verb *feraną; compare *faraną (“to travel, to go”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*farjaną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *farjaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *farjan
- Old Norse: ferja (pret. farði, also later ferjaði, which may be a denominal into which this verb merged; descendants all have the latter conjugation)
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (farjan)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*farjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 93