fareway

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*faraweg
2. Old English · inherited fromfærweġ“a cartroad”
3. Middle English · inherited fromfarewaye
4. English todayfareway

From Middle English farewaye, fairway, fare-waye, from Old English færweġ (“a cartroad”), from Proto-West Germanic *faraweg, *faruweg (“fareway”), equivalent to fare (“travel”) + way. Cognate with West Frisian farwei (“waterway”), Dutch vaarweg (“waterway”), Middle Low German vārwech, vaerwech (“fareway”), German Fahrweg (“fareway”).