fjǫrðr

From Proto-Germanic *ferþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Related to fara (“to go, travel”) and ferð (“journey, trip”).

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /fjɒrdr̩/

fjǫrðr m (genitive fjarðar, dative firði, plural firðir)

1. firth, fjord

• Icelandic: fjörður
• Faroese: fjørður
• Norn: fjord
• Norwegian: fjord (see there for further descendants)
• Old Swedish: fiorþer, fiordher
  • Swedish: fjord
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: fiærdher
    • Swedish: fjärd, (dialectal) fjäl
• Old Danish: fiorth
  • Danish: fjord
• → Middle English: fyrth
  • Scots: firth
    • → English: firth
• Gutnish: fjäd