Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fērō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From otherwise unattested *fēriz (“risky, dangerous”), vṛddhi gerundive of unattested *feraną (“to risk”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through”), +‎ *-ō. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare, in particular, Old Armenian փորձ (pʻorj, “attempt”), Ancient Greek πεῖρᾰ (peîră, “trial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɛː.rɔː/

Noun

*fērō f

1. danger

Inflection

Declension of *fērō (ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*fērō	*fērôz
vocative	*fērō	*fērôz
accusative	*fērǭ	*fērōz
genitive	*fērōz	*fērǫ̂
dative	*fērōi	*fērōmaz
instrumental	*fērō	*fērōmiz

Synonyms

• *fērą
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara /⁠fāra⁠/)
    • Old Norse: fár
      • Icelandic: fár n
      • Faroese: fár n

Derived terms

• *fērijaną

Descendants

• Old English: fǣr m; (ġefǣr)
  • Middle English: fer, fere, feer
    • Scots: fere, feir, fear
    • English: fear
• Old Frisian: *fēr (in fernesse)
• Old Saxon: *fāra f; fār m
  • Middle Low German: vâre; vâr; gevâr; gevêr, gevêre
    • German Low German: Gefahr
    • → Danish: fare c
    • → Swedish: fara f
      • → Finnish: vaara
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: fare m
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fare m
• Old Dutch: *fāra; *fār
  • Middle Dutch: vāre, vaer
• Old High German: fāra f; *fār m
  • Middle High German: vāre f; vār m; gevāre
    • German: Fahr; Gefahr
      • → Dutch: gevaar
        • → West Frisian: gefaar
      • → German Low German: Gefahr
      • → Saterland Frisian: Gefoar
      • → Yiddish: [script needed] (gefer)
    • Luxembourgish: Gefor
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰 (fērja)