Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚠᛖᚱᛖ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ferrai (“distant”). Unstressed Proto-Germanic *-ai regularly develops into Proto-Norse -ē.

Adverb

*ᚠᛖᚱᛖ (*fere /ferrē/)

far away, far off
distant

Descendants

Old Norse: fjarri
- Icelandic: fjarri
- Faroese: fjarri
- Old Swedish: fiærran, fiærre
  - Swedish: fjärran

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