Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farą

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

From Pre-Germanic *poro-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go forth, cross”). Related to Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “means of passing a river, ford, ferry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.rɑ̃/

Noun

*farą n

a means of passing, ford, ferry

Inflection

Declension of *farą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farą	*farō
vocative	*farą	*farō
accusative	*farą	*farō
genitive	faras, faris	*farǫ̂
dative	*farai	*faramaz
instrumental	*farō	*faramiz

Derived terms

*farjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: fær
  - Middle English: fare (merged with descendant of Old English faru)
    - English: fare
- Old High German: far
  - Middle High German: var
    - German: Fahr
Proto-Norse: *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara)
- Old Norse: far
  - Icelandic: far
  - Faroese: far
  - Norn: far
  - Old Swedish: far
  - ⇒ Old Norse: farkostr
    - → Middle English: farcost

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN