Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fader

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

Noun

*fader m

1. father

Inflection

R-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fader
Genitive	*fadur
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fader	*fadar
Accusative	*fadar	*fadar
Genitive	*fadur	*fadrō
Dative	*fadri	*fadrum
Instrumental	*fadri	*fadrum

Derived terms

• *faderlīk
• *fadrīn
• *faderōn

Descendants

• 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)