fern
English
/fɜːn/, /fɝn/
noun
Definitions
- Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ferne (old, past, distant, long ago) inherited from Old English fearn (fern) inherited from Proto-Germanic *farną inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (feather, wing, fern, leaf).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pornóm
Gloss
feather, wing, fern, leaf
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
- Farley English
- Farncombe English
- bird English
- brake English
- fernane English
- fernbird English
- fernbrake English
- ferndom English
- fernene English
- fernery English
- ferning English
- fernland English
- fernless English
- fernlike English
- fernowl English
- fernroot English
- fernseed English
- fernshaw English
- ferny English
- forne English
- hard English
- hardfern English
- land English
- nanofern English
- nonfern English
- owl English
- root English
- seed English
- shaw English
- wood English
- woodfern English
- Farn German
- Farnkraut German
- Straußenfarn German
- Noordsvaarder Dutch, Flemish
- Oostvaarder Dutch, Flemish
- aanvaren Dutch, Flemish
- bevaren Dutch, Flemish
- boomvaren Dutch, Flemish
- doorvaren Dutch, Flemish
- eikvaren Dutch, Flemish
- ervaren Dutch, Flemish
- koopvaarder Dutch, Flemish
- noordvaarder Dutch, Flemish
- ontvaren Dutch, Flemish
- overvaren Dutch, Flemish
- spelevaren Dutch, Flemish
- vaarboom Dutch, Flemish
- vaarder Dutch, Flemish
- vaargeul Dutch, Flemish
- vaartuig Dutch, Flemish
- vaarwater Dutch, Flemish
- vaarweg Dutch, Flemish
- varen Dutch, Flemish
- vervaren Dutch, Flemish
- voortvaren Dutch, Flemish
- welvaren Dutch, Flemish
- *pornóm Proto-Indo-European
- *pornóm, *sper-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *farnaz Proto-Germanic
- *farną Proto-Germanic
- fearn Old English
- feorran Old English
- fyrn Old English
- पर्ण Sanskrit
- ferne Middle English
- पर्ण Hindi
- फर्न Hindi
- เฟิร์น Thai
- vāren Middle Dutch
- farn Old High German
- spārnains Latvian
- spārns Latvian
- farn Middle High German
- Far Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- paṇṇa Pali
- *parnám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sparnas Lithuanian
- *parnám Proto-Indo-Aryan
- fear Western Frisian
- fethere Old Frisian
- 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡 Maharastri Prakrit
- பர்ணம் Tamil
- *parnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- पान Konkani
- pọ̃ Kalasha
- पन्ना Bhojpuri
- 𑂣𑂢𑂹𑂢𑂰 Bhojpuri
- पन्ना Doteli
- pār Ashkun
- *parná Proto-Nuristani