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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Noun

varwe f

colour
paint, dye

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

varwen

Descendants

Dutch: verf
- Afrikaans: verf
- Negerhollands: verw
- → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
- → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
  - → Aukan: felifi
  - → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
  - → Saramaccan: féifi
Limburgish: varf

Further reading

“varwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “varuwe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page varuwe

Middle High German

Alternative forms

farwe, verwe, var, far

Etymology

From Old High German farwa, farawa, farawī, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Noun

varwe

color, hue
- c. 1230 (manuscript date), unknown author, Carmina Burana CB138a:
  In liehter varwe stat der walt
  der vogele schal nu donet ...
  In bright color stands the forest
  The birds' song now resounds ...
dye, paint
appearance

Derived terms

Related terms

verwen

Descendants

Alemannic German:
- Alsatian: Fàrb
- Swabian: Farb
Cimbrian: bèrbe
Central Franconian:
Hunsrik: Forreb

Ripuarian: Färv
German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
Luxembourgish: Faarf
Vilamovian: förf
Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
→ Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
→ Lower Sorbian: barwa
→ Slovene: barva
→ Upper Sorbian: barba

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

verwe

Etymology

From Old Saxon far(a)wi, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Pronunciation

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Noun

varwe

colour
dye
look, way something looks
mark, insignia

Descendants

Low German: Faarf, Farf, Farv, Farve, Farw, Farwe
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→ Danish: farve
→ Estonian: värv
→ Norwegian Bokmål: farge
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: farge
→ Old Swedish: færgha
- Swedish: färg
  - → Finnish: väri

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