Fadder

See also: Fädder

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fadera, from Proto-West Germanic *gafadurjō. Cognate with Norwegian fadder, German Gevatter and Dutch gevader.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfadər/
  • Hyphenation: Fad‧der
  • Rhymes: -adər

Noun

Fadder m (plural Faddere)

  1. godfather

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Fadder”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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