fjøður
Faroese
/ˈfjøːvʊɹ/, /ˈfjɛaːɹaɹ/, [ˈfjakɹaɹ]
noun
Definitions
- feather (birds)
- fountain pen
- fin (fish)
- spring (device)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse fjǫðr (feather) derived from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (wing, feather), *peth₂- (fly, spread out, fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peth₂-
Gloss
fly, spread out, fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- patently English
- expandere Latin
- impetus Latin
- pandō Latin
- pateo Latin
- penna Latin
- petere Latin
- petilus Latin
- petītus Latin
- repetō, repetere, repeto Latin
- Feder German
- πέταλον Ancient Greek
- πέταλος Ancient Greek
- πέτασος Ancient Greek
- πέτηλος Ancient Greek
- πέτομαι Ancient Greek
- πετάννυμι Ancient Greek
- ποταμός Ancient Greek
- πτέρυξ Ancient Greek
- πτερωτός Ancient Greek
- πτερόν Ancient Greek
- πτωτικός Ancient Greek
- πτωτός Ancient Greek
- πτῶμα Ancient Greek
- πτῶσις Ancient Greek
- ἀπόπτωσις Ancient Greek
- ἵπταμαι Ancient Greek
- *pet- Proto-Indo-European
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂eti Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- *pípth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fjær Norwegian Bokmål
- fjør Norwegian Bokmål
- *faþmaz Proto-Germanic
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- *fiþriją Proto-Germanic
- fjør Norwegian Nynorsk
- पतति Sanskrit
- पातयति Sanskrit
- fiðraðr Old Norse
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- fjǫðr Old Norse
- penni Old Norse
- *pero Proto-Slavic
- *pъtakъ Proto-Slavic
- fjöður Icelandic
- fedara Old High German
- pennur Faroese
- *feþru gmw-pro
- *feþru, gmw-pro
- fethara Old Dutch
- *ɸanssā Proto-Celtic
- *ɸetnos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸettiyā Proto-Celtic
- fiädher Old Swedish
- *patnō Proto-Italic
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- fiæthær Old Danish
- faoder Vilamovian
- ἵπταμαι grc-koi