Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferrai

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy (locative), from *per- (“to cross, pass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸer.rɑi̯/

Adverb

*ferrai

1. far, distant

Derived terms

• *firrijaną
• *firrisōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old English: feorr, feor
    • Middle English: fer, feor, for, fur, feer, ver, veir, far
      • English: far
      • Scots: faur
      • Yola: var
  • Old Frisian: fir, fer
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *ferrō
    • Old Saxon: fer, ferr, ferro
      • Middle Low German: verre
    • Old Dutch: ferro
      • Middle Dutch: verre
        • Dutch: ver, verre (archaic)
          • Afrikaans: ver
          • Berbice Creole Dutch: faru
          • Javindo: fer
          • Negerhollands: ver
    • Old High German: ferro
      • Middle High German: verre
        • Cimbrian: vèrre, bèrre (Mezzaselva)
        • Mòcheno: vèrr
• Proto-Norse: *ᚠᛖᚱᛖ (*fere)
  • Old Norse: fjarri
    • Icelandic: fjarri
    • Faroese: fjarri
    • Old Swedish: fiærre
  • ⇒ Proto-Norse: *ᚠᛖᚱᚨᚾᚨ (*ferana /⁠ferrana⁠/)
    • Old Swedish: fiærran
      • Swedish: fjärran
    • Danish: fjern
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fjern
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fjern
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 (fairra)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN