German Low German Vader

← Danish fader (cognate)

← German Vater (cognate)

← English father (cognate)

← North Frisian faaðer (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *fadēr (inherited)

← Middle Low German vāder (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *fader (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (inherited)

← Dutch vader (cognate)

← Old Saxon fadar (inherited)