*farjǭ

Runic: ᚠᚨᚱᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑr.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

ferry

Etymology

A nominal derivation from Proto-Indo-European *por-éye/o-, a causative verb from root *per- (‘to go through; to carry forth, fare; to try, dare, risk’) that became *farjaną (‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’) in Proto-Germanic. Related to *faraną (‘to travel, go’)

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	farjǭ	farjōniz
Acc.	farjōnų	farjōnunz
Gen.	farjōniz	farjōnǫ̂
Dat.	farjōni	farjōmaz
Inst.	farjōnē	farjōmiz
Voc.	farjǭ	farjōniz

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Descendants

vere (Middle Low German)
*feri (Old Dutch)
- vere (Middle Dutch)
  - veer (Dutch)
*fera (Old High German)
- ferio (Old High German)
*fera (Old High German)
- vere (Middle High German)
  - Fähre (German)
  - Fuer (Luxembourgish)
ferja (Old Norse)
- ferja (Faroese)
- ferja (Icelandic)
- ferge, ferje (Norwegian Bokmål)
- ferja, ferje, ferju (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ferja (Old Norse)
- færje (Old Danish)
  - færge (Danish)
ferja (Old Norse)
- færia (Old Swedish)
  - färja (Swedish)

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