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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *péth₂reh₂, extended from the nominative stem of the Proto-Indo-European heteroclitic noun *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én-, from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Latin penna from Proto-Italic *petnā, which is a similar extension but from the oblique stem.
Pronunciation
Noun
*feþrō f
- feather
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *feþrō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*feþrō
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*feþrôz
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vocative
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*feþrō
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*feþrôz
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accusative
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*feþrǭ
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*feþrōz
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genitive
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*feþrōz
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*feþrǫ̂
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dative
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*feþrōi
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*feþrōmaz
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instrumental
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*feþrō
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*feþrōmiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN