Where does “fatherlie” come from?

fatherlie (Yola) comes from Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ, from Proto-Germanic fadurlīkaz, from Proto-Germanic fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

fatherlie (Yola): fatherly

Definitions

  1. fatherly

Ancestry of “fatherlie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfaderlyfatherly pertaining to a father
2Old Englishfæderlīċfatherly, paternal
3Proto-Germanicfadurlīkazfatherly; fatherlike
4Proto-Germanicfadērfather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic fadēr →