*fadurlīkaz

Runic: ᚠᚨᛞᚢᚱᛚᛁᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.ður.ˌliː.kɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

fatherly; fatherlike

Etymology

From *fadēr + *-līkaz (forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘similar to, characteristic of’). The *-ur-in the suffix of the first constituent points to a zero-grade suffix, *ph₂tr̥- from *ph₂tḗr (compare Ancient Greek πατροκτόνος (patroktónos) (patroktónos, ‘pertaining to patricide’)), Sanskrit पितृष्वसृ (pitṛṣvasṛ) (pitṛṣvasṛ, ‘a father; s sister’’), also present in the Proto-Germanic genitive form, *fadurz. Note that the Proto-West Germanic form points to leveling to the nominative form of *ph2tḗr, *fader.

Declension

Strong declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.fadurlīkazfadurlīkōfadurlīką, -atōfadurlīkaifadurlīkôzfadurlīkō
Acc.fadurlīkanǭfadurlīkǭfadurlīką, -atōfadurlīkanzfadurlīkōzfadurlīkō
Gen.fadurlīkas, -isfadurlīkaizōzfadurlīkas, -isfadurlīkaizǫ̂fadurlīkaizǫ̂fadurlīkaizǫ̂
Dat.fadurlīkammaifadurlīkaizōifadurlīkammaifadurlīkaimazfadurlīkaimazfadurlīkaimaz
Inst.fadurlīkanōfadurlīkaizōfadurlīkanōfadurlīkaimizfadurlīkaimizfadurlīkaimiz

Weak declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.fadurlīkôfadurlīkǭfadurlīkôfadurlīkanizfadurlīkōnizfadurlīkōnō
Acc.fadurlīkanųfadurlīkōnųfadurlīkôfadurlīkanunzfadurlīkōnunzfadurlīkōnō
Gen.fadurlīkinizfadurlīkōnizfadurlīkinizfadurlīkanǫ̂fadurlīkōnǫ̂fadurlīkanǫ̂
Dat.fadurlīkinifadurlīkōnifadurlīkinifadurlīkammazfadurlīkōmazfadurlīkammaz
Inst.fadurlīkinēfadurlīkōnēfadurlīkinēfadurlīkammizfadurlīkōmizfadurlīkammiz

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Descendants

  • *faderlīk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fadarlīk (Old Dutch)
      • vaderlik (Middle Dutch)
        • vaderlijk (Dutch)
          • vaderlik (Afrikaans)
  • *faderlīk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fæderlīċ (Old English)
      • faderlich, faderly (Middle English)
        • fatherly (English)
        • faderlie (Scots)
  • *faderlīk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *faderlik, federlik (Old Frisian)
      • faderlik (West Frisian)
  • *faderlīk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • faterlīh (Old High German)
      • vaterlich, veterlich (Middle High German)
        • väterlich (German)
  • *faderlīk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fadarlīk (Old Saxon)
      • vāderlīk, vēderlīk (Middle Low German)
        • vaderlik, väterlik (Low German)
  • fǫðurligr (Old Norse)
    • faðirligur (Faroese)
    • föðurlegur (Icelandic)
    • fadele, fadeli, fadli (Norwegian)
    • faderleg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • faderlig (Swedish)
  • fǫðurligr (Old Norse)
    • faderlig (Danish)
      • faderlig (Norwegian Bokmål)

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