*fadēr
Runic: ᚠᚨᛞᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.ðɛːr/noun · masculine · r-stem
Meanings
father
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ph2tḗr (‘father’). Cognates include Old Armenian: հայր (hayr), Scottish Gaelic athair, Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr) (patḗr), Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ́) (pitṛ́), Latin pater, and Tocharian B pācer, all meaning ‘father’.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fadēr | fadriz |
| Acc. | faderų | fadrunz |
| Gen. | fadurz | fadrǫ̂ |
| Dat. | fadri | fadrumaz |
| Inst. | fadrē | fadrumiz |
| Voc. | fader | fadriz |
Descendants
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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fadar (Old Dutch)
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vāder, vaer (Middle Dutch)
- vajer, vader (Limburgish)
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vāder, vaer (Middle Dutch)
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fadar (Old Dutch)
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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fadar (Old Dutch)
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vāder, vaer (Middle Dutch)
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vader, vaeder, vaar, vaâr, vaêr (Dutch)
- vader (Afrikaans)
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vader, vaeder, vaar, vaâr, vaêr (Dutch)
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vāder, vaer (Middle Dutch)
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fadar (Old Dutch)
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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fæder (Old English)
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fader, fadir, fadur, fadyr, father, feder, vader, veder, faðer, fæder (Middle English)
- father (English)
- faither, fader, faether, faider, father, fither (Scots)
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fader, fadir, fadur, fadyr, father, feder, vader, veder, faðer, fæder (Middle English)
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fæder (Old English)
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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feder, fader (Old Frisian)
- Foar (Saterland Frisian)
- fader, faar (West Frisian)
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feder, fader (Old Frisian)
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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fater (Old High German)
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vater (Middle High German)
- Vatter, Vater, Fatter (Alemannic German)
- Vader (Central Franconian)
- Voater (East Central German)
- פֿאָטער (foter) (Yiddish)
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vater (Middle High German)
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fater (Old High German)
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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fater (Old High German)
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vater (Middle High German)
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Vater, Vatter (German)
- Vatter (Central Franconian)
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Vater, Vatter (German)
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vater (Middle High German)
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fater (Old High German)
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*fader (Proto-West Germanic)
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fadar, fader (Old Saxon)
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vāder (Middle Low German)
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Vader, Vaar (Low German)
- Voda (Plautdietsch)
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Vader, Vaar (Low German)
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vāder (Middle Low German)
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fadar, fader (Old Saxon)
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faðir, ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ) (Old Norse)
- faðir (Faroese)
- faðir (Icelandic)
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faðir, ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ) (Old Norse)
- far, fader, fade, fair, fai (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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faðir, ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ) (Old Norse)
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faþir, fathær (Old Danish)
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fader, far (Danish)
- far, fader (Norwegian Bokmål)
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fader, far (Danish)
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faþir, fathær (Old Danish)
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faðir, ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ) (Old Norse)
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faþir, fadher, fadhir, ᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ (Old Swedish)
- fader, far (Swedish)
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faþir, fadher, fadhir, ᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ (Old Swedish)
- 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar) (Gothic)