Farn

Concepts

fern

bracken

ferns

brake

lygodium

salviniales

fern with white-backed leaves

sorbus japonica

azollaceae

Synonyms

Farnkraut

Gebüsch

Unterholz

Gleichenie

Azollaceae

Lygodium

Salviniales

Dickicht

Farnpflanze

Translations

fougère

helecho

varen

felce

feto

samambaia

سرخس

eğreltiotu

falguera

filix

felci

φτέρη

helechos

falaguera

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

faare

Basel-Landschaft

faaregrut

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/farn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: farn

Inherited from Old High German: farn

Cognate with English: fern

Cognate with Western Frisian: fear

Cognate with Dutch: varen

Cognate with Lithuanian: spar̃nas

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀

Cognate with Kati: por

Cognate with Sanskrit: पर्ण

In summary

From Middle High German farn, from Old High German farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”).
Cognate with English fern, West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par^əna), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).