ferre

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Middle English word ferre comes from Proto-Germanic *feraną, Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-, and later Proto-Germanic *ferrai (Far, distant.)

*feraną (Proto-Germanic)

*perh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

*prē- (Proto-Indo-European)

*ferrai (Proto-Germanic)

Far, distant.

*fērō (Proto-Germanic)

Danger.

feor (Old English)

Far. Perverse; depraved.

ġefǣr (Old English)

feer (Middle English)

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