fjöður
Icelandic
[fjœːðʏr]
noun
Definitions
- a feather
- (a device) a spring
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse fjǫðr (feather) derived from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- (wing, feather).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*péth₂r̥, pth₂én-
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Feder German
- pen Dutch, Flemish
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- fjær Norwegian Bokmål
- fjør Norwegian Bokmål
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- fjør Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- fjǫðr Old Norse
- fedara Old High German
- fjøður Faroese
- Fieder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Fiederball Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Routfieder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *feþru gmw-pro
- *feþru, gmw-pro
- fethara Old Dutch
- fiädher Old Swedish
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- fiæthær Old Danish
- faoder Vilamovian