Words that come from Proto-Germanic “fadēr”

172 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-Germanic fadēr — including father, fatherland, fatherly, fathered, fatherliness, unfathered, housefather, fatherlike.

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English (26)

Swedish (19)

German (14)

Dutch (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Volapük (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (9)

Icelandic (6)

Old Norse (6)

Old English (6)

Danish (4)

Middle English (4)

Middle High German (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Scots (3)

West Frisian (2)

Norn (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Faroese (2)

Gothic (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Old Danish (2)

Finnish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Old High German (2)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

German Low German (1)

Jersey Dutch (1)

Polish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Yola (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Limburgish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic fadēr — 172 descendants | Etymology Explorer