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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

father OE. fæder = OS. fadar (Du. vader) OHG. fater (G. vater), ON. faðir, Goth. fadar (once) :- Gmc. *faðēr :- IE. pətḗr, repr.
also by L. pater, Gr. patḗr, Skr. pitár-, OIr. athir. For the change of d to ð cf. mother, gather, hither, together, whether.

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