feþer
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a feather
- a pen (writing instrument)
Etymology
Inherited from *feþru inherited from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- (wing, feather).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*péth₂r̥, pth₂én-
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- feather English
- penna English
- pennaceous English
- pennibrachium English
- penniferous English
- penniform English
- acutipennis Latin
- albipennis Latin
- amplipennis Latin
- angustipennis Latin
- auripennis Latin
- bipennis Latin
- brevipennis Latin
- claripennis Latin
- fascipennis Latin
- flavipennis Latin
- fumipennis Latin
- fuscipennis Latin
- glabripennis Latin
- hyalinipennis Latin
- latipennis Latin
- longipennis Latin
- maculipennis Latin
- nigripennis Latin
- obscuripennis Latin
- pallidipennis Latin
- penna Latin
- pennatus Latin
- penniger Latin
- pennula Latin
- pictipennis Latin
- planipennis Latin
- punctipennis Latin
- rotundipennis Latin
- rufipennis Latin
- spinipennis Latin
- vitripennis Latin
- Feder German
- Pennal German
- penna Hungarian
- federa Italian
- penna Italian
- pen Dutch, Flemish
- pennon French
- peña Spanish, Castilian
- πέτομαι Ancient Greek
- πτηνός Ancient Greek
- ἵπταμαι Ancient Greek
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- bladfjær Norwegian Bokmål
- fjær Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærball Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærdrakt Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærfe Norwegian Bokmål
- fjæring Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærlett Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærpenn Norwegian Bokmål
- fjør Norwegian Bokmål
- spiralfjær Norwegian Bokmål
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- *penn- Proto-Germanic
- penna Swedish
- fjør Norwegian Nynorsk
- feþerbære Old English
- feþer Middle English
- éan Irish
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- fjǫðr Old Norse
- penni Old Norse
- empaner Old French
- pignon Old French
- fjöður Icelandic
- penni Icelandic
- թիռ Armenian
- πετάω Greek (modern)
- πετώ Greek (modern)
- πτηνό Greek (modern)
- fedara Old High German
- թիռ Old Armenian
- penn Old Irish
- én Old Irish
- eun Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- fjøður Faroese
- eean Manx
- vëdere Middle High German
- Fieder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- פֿעדער Yiddish
- *feþru gmw-pro
- *feþru, gmw-pro
- fethara Old Dutch
- pena Old Portuguese
- *ɸetnos Proto-Celtic
- peanã Aromanian
- fiädher Old Swedish
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- pene Friulian
- fear Western Frisian
- énlaith Middle Irish
- fethere Old Frisian
- pinna Sicilian
- penne xno
- Fedder Pennsylvania German
- fiæthær Old Danish
- faoder Vilamovian
- ἵπταμαι grc-koi