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,^[1] *farnam, from Proto-Indo-European *pornós, *pornóm (“feather”).

Noun

*farn m or n

fern

Inflection

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

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*farn(a)
Genitive	*farnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*farn(a)	*farnu
Accusative	*farn(a)	*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

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “farna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 129-130

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “farna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 129-130

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