Etymology of the French word fjord
the French word
fjordderived from the Norwegian word
fjordderived 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 fjord in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in other languages
Romanian
fiord
