fjät
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish fiæt, from Old Norse *fjat, from Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, step”). Distantly related to fot, English foot, German Fuß.
Noun[edit]
fjät n
- (archaic) step
- Synonym: (modern) steg
- 1928, Arvid Rosén, “Natten går tunga fjät”, in Sånger för Skolan:
- Natten går tunga fjät,
runt gård och stuva.
Kring jord som sol’n förlät,
skuggorna ruva.- The night takes heavy steps,
around house and cottage.
On the earth which the sun has left,
dwell the shadows.
- The night takes heavy steps,
- (archaic) footprint
Declension[edit]
Declension of fjät | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fjät | fjätet | fjät | fjäten |
Genitive | fjäts | fjätets | fjäts | fjätens |
Further reading[edit]
- fjät in Svensk ordbok.
Categories:
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish terms with archaic senses
- Swedish terms with quotations