Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fadurjō

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

Alternative forms

*fadurwijō (early)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fadurwijô, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tr̥wyos (“paternal uncle”). Equivalent to *fader (“father”) +‎ *-jō. Cognate with Latin patruus, Sanskrit पितृव्य (pitṛvya), and Classical Persian (afdar, “paternal uncle”).

Noun

*fadurjō m

paternal uncle

Inflection

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Derived terms

*gafadurjō

Descendants

Old English: fædera
Old Frisian: federia, federja
- North Frisian: fadrje, fedrje, feddere
- Saterland Frisian: Fädder
Old Saxon: *fadiro
- Middle Low German: veddere, vedder, veder, vedere, vēder, viddere
  - Low German: Vedder
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: fetter
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: fetter
Old Dutch: *fadero
- Middle Dutch: vedder
  - Dutch: vedder
Old High German: fatureo, fatero, fetiro
- Middle High German: vetere, veter
  - German: Vetter
  - Yiddish: פֿעטער (feter)

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