Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferrai

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy (locative), from *per- (“to cross, pass”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɸer.rɑi̯/

Adverb

*ferrai

far, distant

Derived terms

*firrijaną
*firrisōną

Descendants

Some of the West Germanic languages seem to have formed a variant with the adverbial ending *-ô.

Old English: feorr, feor
- Middle English: fer, far
  - English: far
  - Scots: faur
Old Frisian: fir, fer
Old Saxon: fer, ferr, ferro (< *ferrô)
- Middle Low German: verre
Old Dutch: ferro (< *ferrô)
- Middle Dutch: verre
  - Dutch: ver
    - Afrikaans: ver
Old High German: ferro (< *ferrô)
- Middle High German: verre
  - Cimbrian: bèrre
Old Norse: fjarri
- Icelandic: fjarri
- Faroese: fjarri
- Old Swedish: fiærre
  - Swedish: fjärr-
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 (fairra)

References

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

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