*fiþriją

Runic: ᚠᛁᚦᚱᛁᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸi.θri.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

  1. feathers (collectively); plumage
  2. wing

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *péth2r̥-yóm, from Proto-Indo-European r/n-stem *péth2r̥ ~ *pth2én-(‘wing, feather’), from root *peth2- (‘to spread out, fly’) + *-(i)ją (forms neuter collective nouns from other nouns). Cognates are Latin penna (‘wing; feather, pinion; quill pen’), Cornish edhen (‘bird’), перо́ (peró, ‘pen; feather’), Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) (pterón, ‘feather, wing’), and Hittite 𒁁𒋻 (pát-tar /⁠pattar⁠/) (pát-tar /⁠pattar⁠/, ‘wing, feather’). Related to *feþrō (‘feather’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fiþrijąfiþrijō
Acc.fiþrijąfiþrijō
Gen.fiþrijas, fiþrīsfiþrijǫ̂
Dat.fiþrijaifiþrijamaz
Inst.fiþrijōfiþrijamiz
Voc.fiþrijąfiþrijō

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Descendants

  • *fiþrī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fitheri (Old Dutch)
      • gevedere (Middle Dutch)
        • gevederte (Dutch)
  • *fiþrī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fiþre, fiþere (Old English)
      • fither, fether (Middle English)
        • feathers (English)
  • *fiþrī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fidari, fedari (Old High German)
      • *fidere, fider, vider (Middle High German)
        • gefidere, gevidere, gevider (Middle High German)
          • Gefieder (German)
  • fiðri (Old Norse)
    • fiðri (Faroese)
    • fiðri, fiður (Icelandic)

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