fjǫðr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- feather
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- (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
- afterfeather English
- befeather English
- defeather English
- feather English
- feather duster English
- feather-light English
- featherable English
- featherback English
- featherbed English
- featherbone English
- featherdown English
- featherer English
- featherfoil English
- featherfoot English
- feathergrass English
- featherhead English
- featherless English
- featherlike English
- featherly English
- feathermaker English
- feathermoss English
- feathern English
- featherpate English
- feathersome English
- featherstitch English
- feathertail English
- featherweight English
- featherwork English
- feathery English
- gayfeather English
- midfeather English
- parrotfeather English
- patently English
- pinfeather English
- protofeather English
- tailfeather English
- unfeather English
- expandere Latin
- impetus Latin
- pandō Latin
- pateo Latin
- penna Latin
- petere Latin
- petilus Latin
- petītus Latin
- repetō, repetere, repeto Latin
- Feder German
- Federbett German
- Federchen German
- Federhalter German
- Federkiel German
- Federkleid German
- Federkrieg German
- Federspitz German
- Federstrich German
- Federweiß German
- Federweißer German
- Federzeichnung German
- Flaumfeder German
- Kontaktfeder German
- Schreibfeder German
- Sprungfeder German
- Uhrenfeder German
- federleicht German
- federa Italian
- pen Dutch, Flemish
- 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
- 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
- bladfjær Norwegian Bokmål
- fjær Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærball Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærdrakt Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærfe Norwegian Bokmål
- fjæring Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærlett Norwegian Bokmål
- fjærpenn Norwegian Bokmål
- fjør Norwegian Bokmål
- fjørdrakt Norwegian Bokmål
- spiralfjær Norwegian Bokmål
- *faþmaz Proto-Germanic
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- *fiþriją Proto-Germanic
- fjäder Swedish
- フェザー Japanese
- fjør Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjøra Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjørball Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjørdrakt Norwegian Nynorsk
- feþer Old English
- feþerbære Old English
- पतति Sanskrit
- पातयति Sanskrit
- feþer Middle English
- fiðraðr Old Norse
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- fjeder Danish
- fjer Danish
- *pъtakъ Proto-Slavic
- feder Serbo-Croatian
- fjöður Icelandic
- fedara Old High German
- fjøður Faroese
- vëdere Middle High German
- Fieder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- פֿעדער Yiddish
- *feþru gmw-pro
- *feþru, gmw-pro
- fethara Old Dutch
- *ɸanssā Proto-Celtic
- *ɸettiyā Proto-Celtic
- федер Macedonian
- fethara Old Saxon
- fiädher Old Swedish
- *patnō Proto-Italic
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- Fedder Low German
- Fedder Pennsylvania German
- fiæthær Old Danish
- faoder Vilamovian
- ἵπταμαι grc-koi