fater

• Fatter, Vater, Vatter, vàtter

From Middle High German vatter, vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with German Vater, Dutch vader, Plautdietsch Voda, West Frisian faar, English father, Icelandic faðir, Swedish far.

fater m

1. (Carcoforo) father

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• fat

fater n

1. indefinite plural of fat

From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

fater m

1. father

• The so-called r-stem, see also muoter, tohter, bruoder, swester.

• Middle High German: vater
  • Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter

    Italian Walser: fater, vàtter

    Swabian:

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)

    Mòcheno:

    Udinese: votar, voter

  • Central Franconian: Vader

    Hunsrik: Fatter

    Transylvanian Saxon: Foater

  • East Central German: Voater

    Vilamovian: foter, fōter

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Vater, Vatter
    • → Central Franconian: Vatter
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German:

  • Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)

Borrowed from German Vater. Doublet of fader.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: fa‧ter

fater m pers

1. (obsolete, Warsaw) father

   Synonym: ojciec

   Antonym: matka

• fater in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from German Vater. Doublet of fŏter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: fa‧ter

fater m pers (diminutive faterek)

1. father

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fater

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:muter

• Andrzej Roczniok (Andrzyj Roczniok) (2010) “fater”, in Zbornik polsko-ślůnski (Zbornik polsko-ślōnski), I edition, volume 3, Zabrze: Narodowa Oficyna Śląska (Ślōnsko Nacyjowo Ôficyno), →ISBN, page 106
• fater in silling.org

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Akin to Livvi fatieru.

fater

1. flat, apartment