Etymograph

English

ferd

Ferd comes from Middle English ferde ‘military expedition’, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi ‘journey, voyage’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘going, passage’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-‘going, passage’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*faraną‘to go, travel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fardiz‘journey, voyage’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fardi‘journey, voyage’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150fierd‘army, military’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ferde‘military expedition’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1775ferd

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-‘going, passage’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*faraną‘to go, travel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fardiz‘journey, voyage’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fardi‘journey, voyage’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150fierd‘army, military’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ferde‘military expedition’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1775ferd

Earliest quotation: 1775, Baillie: “It was our great desire to have at once…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘going, passage’

first, before, support, far, report, price, private, press, practice, further, per, opportunity, pre, primary, prior, prime, appreciate, port, prize, pregnant, fear, practical, forth, precious, praise, afford, privilege, parade, par, ford, interpretation, pirate, porch, primitive, prix, pardon, pragmatic, privy, prism, proton, 157 more

through Proto-Germanic *faraną ‘to go, travel’

fare, 7 more

Today it means

noun A journey; a voyage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *per- / ferd

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