Old Norse fjǫðr

← Old English feþer (cognate)

← English feather (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *feþrō (inherited)

← Old High German fedara (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (mention)

← Old Saxon fethara (cognate)

→ English pen (cognate)

→ Old English feþer (cognate)

→ Danish fjer (derived)

→ Faroese fjøður (derived)

→ Icelandic fjöður (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål fjær (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål fjør (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk fjør (inherited)

→ Old Norse fjaðraðr (suffix)

→ Swedish fjäder (inherited)