fylgja

Faroese

/ˈfɪʎtʃa/

noun

Definitions

consequence
companionship
kind of guardian angel, guardian spirit, tutelary entity, which was held to follow each person or family and the relationship being affixed or bound at the process or ceremony of naming.

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse fylgja derived from Proto-Germanic *fulgijaną (follow).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fulgijaną

Gloss

follow

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*fulgijaną Proto-Germanic
*fulgāną Proto-Germanic
fylgja Norwegian Nynorsk
fylgan Old English
fylgja Old Norse
fylgja Icelandic
fylghia Old Swedish
fåli Westrobothnian
fylghæ Old Danish
fya Elfdalian