eldertongue

Old English · adjective

fæderlic

Normalised fæderlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈfæ.der.liːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
ˈfæ · der · liːt͡ʃ (3 syllables)
Modern English
fatherlyancestralfatherpaternal

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, fatherlike”), equivalent to fæder + -līċ.

Descendants

fatherly

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