fjǫrðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ferþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Related to fara (“to go, travel”) and ferð (“journey, trip”).

Noun

fjǫrðr m (genitive fjarðar, dative firði, plural firðir)

firth, fjord

Declension

Declension of fjǫrðr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫrðr	fjǫrðrinn	firðir	firðirnir
accusative	fjǫrð	fjǫrðinn	fjǫrðu	fjǫrðuna
dative	firði	firðinum	fjǫrðum	fjǫrðunum
genitive	fjarðar	fjarðarins	fjarða	fjarðanna

Descendants

Icelandic: fjörður
Faroese: fjørður
Norn: fjord
Norwegian: fjord (see there for further descendants)
Old Swedish: fiordher, fiærdher
- Swedish: fjärd, fjord
Old Danish: fiorth
- Danish: fjord
Westrobothnian: fjahl
Gutnish: fjäd
→ Middle English: [Term?]
- Scots: firth
  - → English: firth

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