Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fardi

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fardiz.

Noun

*fardi f

journey, voyage

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fardi
Genitive	*fardī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fardi	*fardī
Accusative	*fardi	*fardī
Genitive	*fardī	*fardijō
Dative	*fardī	fardim, fardijum
Instrumental	*fardī	fardim, fardijum

Related terms

*faran

Descendants

Old English: ferd, feord, fierd, fyrd
- Middle English: ferd, verd, færd, værde, varde
  - >? English: ferd
  - >? Scots: ferd, fard, faird
- → English: fyrd
Old Frisian: ferd
Old Saxon: fard
- Middle Low German: vart
  - → Danish: fart
    - → Icelandic: fart
    - → Faroese: fart
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: fart
  - → Swedish: fart
Old Dutch: farth, fard
- Middle Dutch: vart, vāert
  - Dutch: vaart
    - Afrikaans: vaart
  - → West Frisian: feart
  - → Walloon: vårt
Old High German: fart, vart
- Middle High German: fart
  - German: Fahrt (“journey”), Fährte (“trail”)
    - → Saterland Frisian: Foart
    - → Danish: fært
  - Luxembourgish: Faart