fæger
Old English
adj
Definitions
- beautiful
- pleasant
Etymology
Inherited from *fagr inherited from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (nice, fitting, suitable).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fagraz
Gloss
nice, fitting, suitable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *peh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- fager Norwegian Bokmål
- *fagraz Proto-Germanic
- fager Norwegian Nynorsk
- fæġer Old English
- fagr Old Norse
- fagrleikr Old Norse
- fager Danish
- fagur Icelandic
- fagar Old High German
- fagur Faroese
- 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *fagr gmw-pro
- fagar Old Saxon
- fagher Old Swedish
- fager Westrobothnian