färja
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a ferry (boat)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish færia inherited from Old Norse ferja inherited from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*farjǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Queensferry English
- ferriable English
- ferriage English
- ferrier English
- ferry English
- ferryboat English
- ferryhouse English
- ferryman English
- ferrywoman English
- föri Finnish
- ferry French
- ferri Spanish, Castilian
- ferry Spanish, Castilian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- ferge Norwegian Bokmål
- ferje Norwegian Bokmål
- *farjǭ Proto-Germanic
- bil Swedish
- bilfärja Swedish
- rymd Swedish
- rymdfärja Swedish
- tåg Swedish
- tågfärja Swedish
- フェリー Japanese
- ferje Norwegian Nynorsk
- ferien Middle English
- ferja Old Norse
- færge Danish
- kabelfærge Danish
- ferri Galician
- เฟอร์รี Thai
- feri Swahili
- færia Old Swedish