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

feather

Descendants

Middle High German: vëdere, vëder
- Cimbrian: vèdara, bèdara
- German: Feder
- Luxembourgish: Fieder
- Vilamovian: faoder
- Yiddish: פֿעדער (feder)
→ Italian: federa (“pillowcase”)
→ Venetian: fhédera
- → Cimbrian: fòdara

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