Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fadēr

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 *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.ðɛːr/

Noun

*fadēr m

1. father

Inflection

r-stemDeclension of *fadēr (r-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fadēr	*fadriz
vocative	*fader	*fadriz
accusative	*faderų	*fadrunz
genitive	*fadurz	*fadrǫ̂
dative	*fadri	*fadrumaz
instrumental	*fadrē	*fadrumiz

Derived terms

• *fadrigaz
• *fadrīnaz
• *fadurbanô
• *fadurgardaz
• *fadurlausaz
  • West Germanic: *faderlaus
• *fadurlīkaz
• *fadurskapiz (“fatherhood”)
• *fadurwjô
• *fōstrafadēr (“foster-father”)
• *steupafadēr (“step-father”)

Related terms

• *faþō

Synonyms

• *attô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fader
  • Old English: fæder
    • Middle English: fader, fæder, faderr, fadir, fadyr, fadur, feder, vader, veder, faðer, father, ffader
      • English: father
        • → Marshallese: bata
        • Gullah: farruh
      • Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, father, fither
      • Yola: vather
    • → English: faeder
  • Old Frisian: feder, fader
    • North Frisian:

      Goesharde:

      Hoolmer: fooje

      Hoorninger: fååje

      Heligoland: Foor

      Sylt: Faađer

    • Saterland Frisian: Foar
    • West Frisian: fader, faar
  • Old Saxon: fadar, fader
    • Middle Low German: vāder
      • German Low German: Vader, Vaar
        • Plautdietsch: Voda
  • Old Dutch: fadar
    • Middle Dutch: vāder, vaer (loss of -d-)
      • Dutch: vader, (obsolete) vaeder, vaar, vaâr, vaêr
        • Afrikaans: vader
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir
        • Javindo: fader
        • Jersey Dutch: vâder
        • Negerhollands: vader
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: father
      • Limburgish: vajer, vader
  • Old High German: fater
    • Middle High German: vater
      • Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter

        Italian Walser: fater, vàtter

        Swabian:

      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)

        Mòcheno:

        Udinese: votar, voter

      • Central Franconian: Vader

        Hunsrik: Fatter

        Transylvanian Saxon: Foater

      • East Central German: Voater

        Vilamovian: foter, fōter

      • East Franconian:
      • German: Vater, Vatter
        • → Central Franconian: Vatter
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German:

      • Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)
• Old Norse: faðir, ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ)
  • Icelandic: faðir
  • Faroese: faðir
  • Norn:

    Orkney: fa

    Shetland: fy

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: far, fader; (dialectal) fade, fair, fai
    • → Kven: faari
  • Elfdalian: faðer
  • Old Swedish: faþir, fadher, fadhir, ᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ
    • Swedish: fader, far
  • Old Danish: faþir, fathær
    • Danish: fader, far
      • Norwegian Bokmål: far, fader
    • Scanian: faðer
  • Gutnish: far, fadar, fadur
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar)