Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fadurjō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *fadurwijō (early)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fadurwijô, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tr̥wyos (“paternal uncle”). Equivalent to *fader (“father”) +‎ *-jō. Cognate with Latin patruus, Sanskrit पितृव्य (pitṛvya), and Classical Persian افدر (afdar, “paternal uncle”).

Noun

*fadurjō m

1. paternal uncle

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fadurjō
Genitive	*fadurjini, *fadurjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fadurjō	*fadurjan
Accusative	*fadurjan	*fadurjan
Genitive	*fadurjini, *fadurjan	*fadurjanō
Dative	*fadurjini, *fadurjan	*fadurjum
Instrumental	*fadurjini, *fadurjan	*fadurjum

Derived terms

• *gafadurjō

Descendants

• Old English: fædera
• Old Frisian: federia, federja
  • North Frisian: fadrje, fedrje, feddere
  • Saterland Frisian: Fädder
• Old Saxon: *fadiro
  • Middle Low German: veddere, vedder, veder, vedere, vēder, viddere
    • Low German: Vedder
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: fetter
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fetter
• Old Dutch: *fadero
  • Middle Dutch: vedder
    • Dutch: vedder
• Old High German: fatureo, fatero, fetiro
  • Middle High German: vetere, veter
    • German: Vetter
    • Yiddish: פֿעטער (feter)