Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fader

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

*fader m^[1]

1. father

• *faderlīk
• *fadrīn
• *faderōn

• Old English: fæder
  • Middle English: fader, fæder, faderr, fadir, fadyr, fadur, feder, vader, veder, faðer, father, ffader
    • English: father
      • → Marshallese: bata
      • Gullah: farruh
    • Scots: faither, fader, faether, faider, father, fither
    • Yola: vather
  • → English: faeder
• Old Frisian: feder, fader
  • North Frisian:

    Goesharde:

    Hoolmer: fooje

    Hoorninger: fååje

    Heligoland: Foor

    Sylt: Faađer

  • Saterland Frisian: Foar
  • West Frisian: fader, faar
• Old Saxon: fadar, fader
  • Middle Low German: vāder
    • German Low German: Vader, Vaar
      • Plautdietsch: Voda
• Old Dutch: fadar
  • Middle Dutch: vāder, vaer (loss of -d-)
    • Dutch: vader, (obsolete) vaeder, vaar, vaâr, vaêr
      • Afrikaans: vader
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir
      • Javindo: fader
      • Jersey Dutch: vâder
      • Negerhollands: vader
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: father
    • Limburgish: vajer, vader
• Old High German: fater
  • Middle High German: vater
    • Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter

      Italian Walser: fater, vàtter

      Swabian:

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)

      Mòcheno:

      Udinese: votar, voter

    • Central Franconian: Vader

      Hunsrik: Fatter

      Transylvanian Saxon: Foater

    • East Central German: Voater

      Vilamovian: foter, fōter

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Vater, Vatter
      • → Central Franconian: Vatter
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German:

    • Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)