*feþrō

Runic: ᚠᛖᚦᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸeθ.rɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

feather

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *péth2-r-eh2, extended from the nominative stem of the heteroclitic noun *péth2-r̥ ~ *pth2-én-s, from root *peth2- (‘to spread out; to fly’). Cognates are Hittite 𒁁𒋻 (pát-tar /⁠pattar⁠/) (pát-tar /⁠pattar⁠/, ‘wing, feather’), Old Armenian փետուր (pʻetur, ‘feather’), Latin penna (‘wing; feather; quill pen’), Cornish edhen (‘bird’), Slovene perọ̑ (‘feather’), and Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) (pterón, ‘feather; wing’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.feþrōfeþrôz
Acc.feþrǭfeþrōz
Gen.feþrōzfeþrǫ̂
Dat.feþrōifeþrōmaz
Inst.feþrōfeþrōmiz
Voc.feþrōfeþrôz

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Descendants

  • *feþru (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fethera (Old Dutch)
      • vedere (Middle Dutch)
        • veder, veer (Dutch)
          • veer (Afrikaans)
  • *feþru (Proto-West Germanic)
    • feþer (Old English)
      • feþer, fether, fethere, fedder, veþer (Middle English)
        • feather (English)
        • fedder (Scots)
  • *feþru (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fethere (Old Frisian)
      • Feeder (Saterland Frisian)
      • fear (West Frisian)
  • *feþru (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fedara (Old High German)
      • vëdere, vëder (Middle High German)
        • Feder (German)
        • Fieder (Luxembourgish)
        • פֿעדער (feder) (Yiddish)
  • *feþru (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fethara (Old Saxon)
      • vēdere, vēder (Middle Low German)
        • Feer, Fedder (Low German)
  • fjǫðr (Old Norse)

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