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

1. 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