köken: From northern Middle High German ver(e) (13th c.), from Old High German *fera, from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ (“ferry”), derived from *farjaną (“to bring, carry”), the causative of *faraną (“to travel”), whence German fahren. Analogy with this verb caused the modern ⟨ä⟩-spelling. The word was at first chiefly Central German, later being reinforced by cognate Middle Low German vēre. Upper German…
köken: From German Prahm, French prame, English pram, all from Czech prám, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pormъ. Compare Polish prom, Russian паро́м (paróm).