fethera

== Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō. Related to Old High German fedara and Old Saxon fethara. === Pronunciation === (early) IPA(key): /feθera/ (late) IPA(key): /veðərə/ === Noun === fethera f feather 10th century CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]; (plural only) wing, wings fin c. 900 CE, Oostnederrijns-Westfaalse paarden- en wormbezwering [Eastern Lower Rhine-Westphalian horse and worm excorsism]; ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: vedere Dutch: veder, veer Afrikaans: veer → Caribbean Javanese: pir → Indonesian: per (“spring”) === Further reading === “fethera”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “veer1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute