feþer
Middle English
/ˈfɛðər/
noun
Definitions
- a feather
Etymology
Inherited from Old English feþer inherited from *feþru inherited from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- (wing, feather).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*péth₂r̥, pth₂én-
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterfeather English
- befeather English
- defeather English
- feather English
- feather duster English
- feather-light English
- featherable English
- featherback English
- featherbed English
- featherbone English
- featherdown English
- featherer English
- featherfoil English
- featherfoot English
- feathergrass English
- featherhead English
- featherless English
- featherlike English
- featherly English
- feathermaker English
- feathermoss English
- feathern English
- featherpate English
- feathersome English
- featherstitch English
- feathertail English
- featherweight English
- featherwork English
- feathery English
- gayfeather English
- midfeather English
- parrotfeather English
- pinfeather English
- protofeather English
- tailfeather English
- unfeather English
- Feder German
- pen Dutch, Flemish
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- フェザー Japanese
- feþer Old English
- feþerbære Old English
- fjǫðr Old Norse
- fedara Old High German
- *feþru gmw-pro
- *feþru, gmw-pro
- fethara Old Dutch
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- fethere Old Frisian
- faoder Vilamovian