Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farn

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 *farnaz, *farnam, from Proto-Indo-European *pornós, *pornóm (“feather”).

Noun

*farn m or n

1. fern

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*farn, *farna
Genitive	*farnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*farn, *farna	*farnōs
Accusative	*farn, *farna	*farnā
Genitive	*farnas	*farnō
Dative	*farnē	*farnum
Instrumental	*farnu	*farnum

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*farn, *farna
Genitive	*farnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*farn, *farna	*farnu
Accusative	*farn, *farna	*farnu
Genitive	*farnas	*farnō
Dative	*farnē	*farnum
Instrumental	*farnu	*farnum

Descendants

• Old English: fearn
  • Middle English: fern, feerne, ferne, vern, fearn (Early Middle English), fearne (Late Middle English)
    • English: fern
    • Middle Scots: farne, fairn
      • Scots: fairn
    • Yola: vearne, fearn
• Old Frisian: *farn
  • Saterland Frisian: Foone
  • West Frisian: fear
• Old Saxon: farn
  • Middle Low German: varn, varne, varen
    • German Low German: Farn
• Old Dutch: farn
  • Middle Dutch: varen
    • Dutch: varen, varem
      • Afrikaans: varing
• Old High German: farn, faran, faram
  • Middle High German: varn, varm, farn, farm
    • German: Farn, Farm
    • Luxembourgish: Far