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Vater
Vater comes from German Vater ‘father’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fadēr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fader‘father’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050fater‘father’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vater‘father’
- Germanc. 1650–presentVater‘father’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fadēr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fader‘father’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050fater‘father’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vater‘father’
- Germanc. 1650–presentVater‘father’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, pope, apparent, companion, pastor, fur, foster, penetration, papal, pasture, fad, accompaniment, forage, fodder, panini, pav, patrician, pantaloons, patroness, pannier, 57 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
papa, pattern, patriot, patron, padre, ayr, perpetrator, paternity, paternal, patrimony, père, perpetrate, compere, pater, 21 more
through Proto-Germanic *fadēr ‘father’
through Proto-West Germanic *fader ‘father’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / Vater