Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚠᛖᚱᛖ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ferrai (“distant”). Unstressed Proto-Germanic *-ai regularly develops into Proto-Norse -ē.

Adverb

*ᚠᛖᚱᛖ (*fere /ferrē/)

1. far away, far off
2. distant

Descendants

• 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