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Feder

Meaning

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fäädere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfeːdəʁ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vëdere, from Old High German fedara (akin to Old Saxon fethara), from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Low German Fedder, Dutch veder, veer, English feather, Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder.

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