Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ferrēn

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 *ferrē (“far”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*ferrēn

1. to be far
2. to remove oneself from

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*ferrēn
1st sg. past	*ferr?dā
Infinitive	*ferrēn
Genitive infin.	*ferrēnijas
Dative infin.	*ferrēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*ferrēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*ferrē	*ferr?dā
2nd singular	*ferrēs	*ferr?dēs, *ferr?dēs
3rd singular	*ferrēþ	*ferr?dē, *ferr?dā
1st plural	*ferrēm	*ferr?dum
2nd plural	*ferrēþ	*ferr?dud
3rd plural	*ferrēnþ	*ferr?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*ferrē	*ferr?dī
2nd singular	*ferrēs	*ferr?dī
3rd singular	*ferrē	*ferr?dī
1st plural	*ferrēm	*ferr?dīm
2nd plural	*ferrēþ	*ferr?dīd
3rd plural	*ferrēn	*ferr?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*ferrē
Plural	*ferrēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*ferrēndī	*ferr?d

Related terms

• *firrijan

Descendants

• Old English: feorrian
  • Middle English: verrien, ferren
    • English: far
• Old Frisian: firia
• Old Dutch: firron, ferron
  • Middle Dutch: verren, ferren, varren
    • Dutch: verren, varren (obsolete)
• Old High German: ferrēn
  • Middle High German: virren, verren