Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faru

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *farwō.

Noun

*faru f

2. color
3. appearance

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faru
Genitive	*farwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faru	*farwō
Accusative	*farwā	*farwā
Genitive	*farwā	*farwō
Dative	*farwē	*farwōm, *farum
Instrumental	*faru	*farwōm, *farum

Derived terms

• *farwiþu
  • ⇒ *farwiþōn
    • → Old French: farder
      • Middle French: farder
        • French: farder
      • → Middle English: farden
        • English: fard
        • Scots: faird
• *farwijan

Descendants

• Old Frisian: ferwe, verwa
  • Saterland Frisian: Faawe
  • West Frisian: farve, ferve
• Old Saxon: farwi, farawi, farw
  • Middle Low German: varwe, verwe
    • Low German: Faarf, Farf, Farv, Farve, Farw, Farwe
    • → Danish: farve
      • Norwegian Bokmål: farve (riksmål)
    • → Estonian: värv
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: farge
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: farge
    • → Old Swedish: færgha
      • Swedish: färg
        • → Finnish: väri
• Old Dutch: *farwa
  • Middle Dutch: varwe
    • Dutch: verf
      • Afrikaans: verf
      • Negerhollands: verw
      • → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
      • → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
        • → Aukan: felifi
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
        • → Saramaccan: féifi
    • Limburgish: varf
• Old High German: farawa, farawī
  • Middle High German: varwe, farwe, verwe, var, far
    • Alemannic German:
      • Alsatian: Fàrb
      • Swabian: Farb
    • Bavarian: Foam

      Cimbrian: bèrbe

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Forreb

      Ripuarian: Färv

    • German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Faarf
    • Vilamovian: förf
    • Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
    • → Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
    • → Lower Sorbian: barwa
    • → Slovene: barva
    • → Upper Sorbian: barba
    • → Old Polish: barwa
      • Polish: barwa
        • → Belarusian: ба́рва (bárva)
        • → Ukrainian: ба́рва (bárva)

See also

Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)

*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas	*falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair	*blak, *swart
*raud	*brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn	*gelu
*grōnī	*grōnī
	*blāu	*blāu
*blāu	*purpurā

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *farō.

Noun

*faru f

2. journey

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faru
Genitive	*farā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faru	*farō
Accusative	*farā	*farā
Genitive	*farā	*farō
Dative	*farē	*farōm, *farum
Instrumental	*faru	*farōm, *farum

Related terms

• *faran

Descendants

• Old English: faru
  • Middle English: fare
    • English: fare
• Old High German: fara
  • Middle High German: var
    • German: Fahr