*farą

Runic: ᚠᚨᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.rɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

a means of passing, ford, ferry

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *por-o-m, from an o-grade form of root *per- (‘to go through; to carry forth, fare; to try, dare, risk’). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸoros (‘edge, limit, boundary; shore, coast, bank’), Ancient Greek πόρος (póros) (póros, ‘a means of passage, passageway, way, opening; especially passage over a body of water: ford, strait, ferry, bridge’), Sanskrit पा॒र (pārá) (pārá, ‘crossing’), and Tocharian B pere (‘a plant stem, stalk’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.farąfaro
Acc.farąfarō
Gen.faras, farisfarǫ̂
Dat.faraifaramaz
Inst.farōfaramiz
Voc.farąfarō

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Descendants

  • fær (Old English)
    • fare (Middle English)
      • fare (English)
  • far (Old High German)
    • var (Middle High German)
      • Fahr (German)
  • *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara) (Proto-Norse)
    • far (Old Norse)
      • far (Faroese)
      • far (Icelandic)
      • far (Norn)
      • far (Old Swedish)

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