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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse í fjorð (from í + fjorð).
Pronunciation
Noun
fjør n
- (only used in the adverbial phrase): í fjør – yesteryear, last year
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.
Noun
fjør m or f (definite singular fjøren or fjøra, indefinite plural fjør or fjører, definite plural fjørene)
- feather (of a bird)
- (technical) spring (device made of flexible material)
Derived terms
References
- “fjør” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjør f (definite singular fjøra, indefinite plural fjører, definite plural fjørene)
- feather (of a bird)
- (technical) spring (device made of flexible material)
- (carpentry) a tongue (as in a tongue and groove joint)
- Coordinate term: nót
Derived terms
References
- “fjør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.