Firth
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (city and town in Idaho).
- (village in Nebraska).
- (small village in north-east Mainland) OS grid ref HU4473.
Etymology
Derived from Old English fyrhþe (forest) derived from Old Norse fjǫrðr (firth, fjord).
Origin
Old Norse
fjǫrðr
Gloss
firth, fjord
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Firthian English
- fjord Norwegian Bokmål
- *ferþu Proto-Germanic
- *ferþuz Proto-Germanic
- fjärd Swedish
- fjord Norwegian Nynorsk
- fyrhþe Old English
- Hafrsfjǫrðr Old Norse
- fjǫrðr Old Norse
- fjord Czech
- fjörður Icelandic
- fjørður Faroese
- фиорд Bulgarian
- *furhiþi gmw-pro
- fjord Slovak
- fiordher Old Swedish
- fjahl Westrobothnian
- firth Scots
- fjord Norwegian
- fiorth Old Danish
- *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉ Proto-Norse