Etymology

Vater

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Vater ← Middle High German vater ← Old High German fater
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂tḗr
  3. Proto-Germanic*fadēr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fader
  5. Old High Germanfater
  6. Middle High Germanvater
  7. GermanVater
  8. English todayVater

Borrowed from German Vater.

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