Farn

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German farn, from Old High German farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with English fern, West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /farn/, [faʁn], [faɐ̯n], [faːn] === Noun === Farn m (strong, genitive Farnes or Farns, plural Farne) fern Synonym: Farnkraut ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Farn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Farn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Farn” in Duden online