morfar
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a mother's father; maternal grandfather
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse móðurfaðir (mother's father) compound from Swedish mor (mother, moor) + Swedish far.
Origin
Swedish
far
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muori Finnish
- morfar Norwegian Bokmål
- adoptivfar Swedish
- adoptivmor Swedish
- far Swedish
- farbror Swedish
- farfar Swedish
- farförälder Swedish
- farmoder Swedish
- farmor Swedish
- gammelmorfar Swedish
- gudmor Swedish
- mor Swedish
- morbror Swedish
- morförälder Swedish
- morkulla Swedish
- mormor Swedish
- styvfar Swedish
- styvmor Swedish
- svärfar Swedish
- svärmor Swedish
- faðir Old Norse
- móðir Old Norse
- móðurfaðir Old Norse
- morfar Danish