Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōþr

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

Likely dissimilated from earlier *fōrþr, from *fōrijan (“to lead; to bring”) +‎ *-þr, perhaps influenced by similar sounding formations, compare *fōdr (“fodder”).

Noun

*fōþr n

1. load, wagonload

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fōþr
Genitive	*fōþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fōþr	*fōþru
Accusative	*fōþr	*fōþru
Genitive	*fōþras	*fōþrō
Dative	*fōþrē	*fōþrum
Instrumental	*fōþru	*fōþrum

Descendants

• Old English: fōþer
  • Middle English: fother, foður, fothir, fothyr, futher, fodyr, fooder, foþer, foþere, foðer, voðer, ffoder
    • English: fother
    • Scots: fother
• Old Dutch: *fuothar
  • Middle Dutch: voeder
    • Dutch: voeder, voer
      • Afrikaans: voer
    • Limburgish: voder, voor
• Old High German: fuodar
  • Middle High German: vuoder
    • German: Fuder
    • Luxembourgish: Fudder

Further reading

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN