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Farn

Pronunciation: /farn/

“Farn” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. fern

Etymology

From Middle High German varn, from Old High German farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with English fern, West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par^əna), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).

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