Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fardi

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 *fardiz.

Noun

*fardi f

1. journey, voyage

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fardi
Genitive	*fardī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fardi	*fardī
Accusative	*fardi	*fardī
Genitive	*fardī	*fardijō
Dative	*fardī	*fardim, *fardijum
Instrumental	*fardī	*fardim, *fardijum

Related terms

• *faran

Descendants

• Old English: ferd, feord, fierd, fyrd
  • Middle English: ferd, verd, færd, værde, varde
    • >? English: ferd
    • >? Scots: ferd, fard, faird
  • → English: fyrd
• Old Frisian: ferd
• Old Saxon: fard
  • Middle Low German: vart
    • → Danish: fart
      • → Icelandic: fart
      • → Faroese: fart
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: fart
    • → Swedish: fart
• Old Dutch: farth, fard
  • Middle Dutch: vart, vāert
    • Dutch: vaart
      • Afrikaans: vaart
    • → West Frisian: feart
    • → Walloon: vårt
• Old High German: fart, vart
  • Middle High German: fart
    • German: Fahrt (“journey”), Fährte (“trail”)
      • → Saterland Frisian: Foart
      • → Danish: fært
    • Luxembourgish: Faart