Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōdrą

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɔːð.rɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, guard; to graze, feed”) +‎ *-dʰrom or *-tróm, the suffix equivalent to *-drą; or directly from the root of *fōdijaną (“to feed”) and *fōdô (“food”) (including the *d), from an extended form *peh₂-dʰ(h₁)- or *peh₂-t- of the same PIE root, +‎ *-r-om. Cognate with Latin pābulum (“food, fodder”)[1] and possibly pānis (“bread, food”).

Noun

*fōdrą n

  2. fodder
Inflection
Declension of *fōdrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fōdrą *fōdrō
vocative *fōdrą *fōdrō
accusative *fōdrą *fōdrō
genitive *fōdras, *fōdris *fōdrǫ̂
dative *fōdrai *fōdramaz
instrumental *fōdrō *fōdramiz
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, guard, graze, feed”) +‎ *-dʰrom or *-tróm, the suffix equivalent to *-drą;[1] ultimately of the same origin as the "fodder" sense of Etymology 2, via a different semantic evolution from the basic sense of "to protect" rather than "to make protected" > "to feed".

Noun

*fōdrą n

  2. sheath
Inflection
Declension of *fōdrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fōdrą *fōdrō
vocative *fōdrą *fōdrō
accusative *fōdrą *fōdrō
genitive *fōdras, *fōdris *fōdrǫ̂
dative *fōdrai *fōdramaz
instrumental *fōdrō *fōdramiz
Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fōdra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150
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