færbu

Old English

noun

Definitions

colour

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *farwō (colour, color) derived from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (motley, coloured, dig, colored, variegated, speckled, mottled, spotted).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*perḱ-

Gloss

motley, coloured, dig, colored, variegated, speckled, mottled, spotted

Concept

Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

porcus Latin
pulcher Latin
porchereccio Italian
fard French
πέρκη Ancient Greek
πέρκος Ancient Greek
περκνός Ancient Greek
πρόξ Ancient Greek
πρώξ Ancient Greek
*per- Proto-Indo-European
*perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
*pr̥ḱeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
*farwiþōną Proto-Germanic
*farwō Proto-Germanic
*furhs Proto-Germanic
farawa Old High German
farwa Old High German
𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 Gothic
*farwa Old Dutch
verwe Middle Low German
*farawi, *farwi Old Saxon
*farawi, farwi Old Saxon
farwi, far(a)wi Old Saxon
*farwe Old Frisian
*priknjā Proto-Albanian
Färv Central Franconian