fjor

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See also: fjór, fjör, fjǫr, and fjør

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

Pronunciation

Noun

fjor

  1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
  2. (in compounds, rare) last year

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

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Noun

fjor

  1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
  2. (in compounds) last year

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

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Noun

fjor

  1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
  2. (in compounds) last year

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”), from Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”, literally “on the other side of a year”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid. Compare also Swedish fjol.

Pronunciation

Noun

fjor

  1. (southern Sweden) used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
  2. (southern Sweden, in compounds) last year

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