veder

Meaning

alternative form of veer

Concepts

feather

🪶

plume

Synonyms

veer

🪶

pluim

pen

Translations

plume

🪶

Feder

🪶

pluma

🪶

tüy

pûrt

perr

Vogelfeder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈveː.dər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: vedere

Inherited from Old Dutch: fethera

Cognate with Low German: Fedder

Cognate with German: Feder

Cognate with Western Frisian: fear

Cognate with English: feather

Cognate with Danish: fjer

Cognate with Swedish: fjäder

In summary

From Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethera, 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, German Feder, West Frisian fear, English feather, Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder.