fedara

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, whence also Old Saxon fethara, Old Dutch fethera, fethara, Old English feþer, Old Norse fjöðr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Noun

fedara f

1. feather

Descendants

• Middle High German: vëdere, vëder, fëder, fëdere
  • Cimbrian: vèdara, bèdara (Mezzaselva)
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Fetter
    • Luxembourgish: Fieder
  • German: Feder
    • English: Feder, Feather
  • Vilamovian: faoder
  • Yiddish: פֿעדער (feder)
• → Italian: federa (“pillowcase”)
• → Venetan: fhédera
  • → Cimbrian: fòdara