fjärd
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fjärd c
- more or less open body of water in an archipelago
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