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: Inherited from Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“back, rear”).
köken: From Ancient Greek πορθμεῖον (porthmeîon), from πορθμός (porthmós), from περάω (peráō)/περῶ (perô), from πέρα (péra), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”).
köken: First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean ᄂᆞᄅᆞᄇᆡ (Yale: nolopoy). Equivalent to 나루 (naru, “ferry”) + -ㅅ- (-s-, genitive infix) + 배 (bae, “boat”).
köken: From Old Norse ferja, from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ, cognate with Swedish färja, English ferry, German Fähre. Derived from the verb *farjaną, see below.