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Where does “faer” come from?

faer (Norman) comes from Old French fer, from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- — wild; wild animal.

faer (Norman): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “faer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchferiron; sword; cruel; harsh
2Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal
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