An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Fähre

by Friedrich Kluge

Fähre, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German vęre, vęr, feminine, neuter, ‘ferry’; compare Dutch veer (English ferry is borrowed from Old Icelandic ferja, feminine, ‘ferry’). Also akin to Old High German farm, Middle High German varm, ‘skiff, ferry,’ and Old High German fęrid, neuter, ‘navigium'; like Ferge, connected with fahren. See Praam.