| PIE word |
|---|
| *bʰréh₂tēr |
Learned borrowing fromLatinfrāter(“brother”).Doublet ofbhai,brother,bru,friar,pal, andvai.
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frater (pluralfraters)
From olderfryter,frijter. Likelyonomatopoeic. A connection toLatinfrāter(“brother”) has also been suggested (religious implications; compare to another bird name,paapje), as well as toLatinfritinniō(“to chirp”) andMiddle Dutchwriten(“to turn, twist”).
frater m (pluralfraters,diminutivefratertje n)
frater (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.WikipedianlBorrowed fromDutchfrater, fromLatinfrāter, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr.Doublet ofbrudel andbruder.
fratêr (pluralfrater-frater)
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FromProto-Italic*frātēr, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr.
frāter m (genitivefrātris);third declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frāter | frātrēs |
| genitive | frātris | frātrum |
| dative | frātrī | frātribus |
| accusative | frātrem | frātrēs |
| ablative | frātre | frātribus |
| vocative | frāter | frātrēs |
