fjall

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See also: fjäll

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels.

Pronunciation

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)

  1. mountain

Declension

n10 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fjall fjallið fjøll fjøllini
Accusative fjall fjallið fjøll fjøllini
Dative fjalli fjallinum fjøllum fjøllunum
Genitive fjals fjalsins fjalla fjallanna

Derived terms


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels.

Pronunciation

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)

  1. mountain
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
      Elds er þörf
      þeim er inn er kominn
      og á kné kalinn.
      Matar og voða
      er manni þörf,
      þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
      Fire he needs
      who with frozen knees
      Has come from the cold without;
      Food and clothes
      must the farer have,
      The man from the mountains come.

Declension

Derived terms


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels.

Pronunciation

Noun

fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)

  1. mountain

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: fjeld
  • English: fell
  • Faroese: fjall
  • Icelandic: fjall, fell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell
  • Swedish: fjäll

References

  • fjall”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press