Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farjǭ

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

Derived from *farjaną (“to ferry, travel by boat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*farjǭ f

ferry

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *farjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farjǭ	*farjōniz
vocative	*farjǭ	*farjōniz
accusative	*farjōnų	*farjōnunz
genitive	*farjōniz	*farjōnǫ̂
dative	*farjōni	*farjōmaz
instrumental	*farjōnē	*farjōmiz

Derived terms

*farjōną

Descendants

Middle Low German: vere
Middle Dutch: vere
- Dutch: veer
Old High German: *fera
- Middle High German: vere
  - German: Fähre
  - Luxembourgish: Fuer
Old Norse: ferja
- Icelandic: ferja
- Faroese: ferja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ferje, ferja f
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: ferje m or f
- Norwegian: (dialectal) farje, ferri
- Old Swedish: færia
  - Swedish: färja
- Old Danish: færje
  - Danish: færge
    - Norwegian Bokmål: ferge
- → Middle English: ferie, fery, ferye, ffery, verye
  - English: ferry (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: ferry

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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