Where does “fern” come from?
fern (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic fer-, from Old Norse fer-, from Proto-Germanic feþur-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
fern (Icelandic): four
Ancestry of “fern”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | fer- | four, quadri-, tetra-; square |
| 2 | Old Norse | fer- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | feþur- | four, pertaining to four |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
Words derived from “fern”