Etymology of the English word firth
the English word
firthderived from the Old Norse word
fjorthrderived from the Old Norse word
fjördhrderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*per-derived from the Old Norse word
fjörðrDate
The earliest known usage of firth in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
frithCognates
Danish
fjord, Dutch
fjord, French
fiord, German
Förde, Icelandic
fjördur, Norwegian
fjord, Swedish
fjordUsage
Word found in Modern English
