fjell
Westrobothnian
/fjelː/
noun
Definitions
- The elevated, less cultivated part of a parish; opposed to byigd (byigda).
- A mountain chain or ridge.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fjall.
Origin
Old Norse
fjall
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bookfell English
- fell English
- fellable English
- feller English
- fellest English
- fellfield English
- fellmonger English
- fellness English
- fellrunning English
- fellside English
- fellwalker English
- fellwalking English
- woolfell English
- fjell Norwegian Bokmål
- fjellheim Norwegian Bokmål
- *falisaz Proto-Germanic
- fjell Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- fellen Middle English
- fjall Old Norse
- fjǫllóttr Old Norse
- fjeld Danish
- fjall Icelandic
- fjall Faroese
- fiäl Old Swedish