Proto-Germanic

*fadēr

‘father’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, most familiar first.

• father ← fader ← fæder ← *fader
• fatherly ← faderly ← fæderlīċ ← *faderlīk ← *fadurlīkaz
• faeder ← fæder ← *fader
• forthfather ← forthfader ← forþfæder ← fæder ← *fader

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fadēr