flói

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flói (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōô (“expanse of water”), from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (“to flow, flood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflouːɪ/
• Rhymes: -ouːɪ

Noun

flói m (genitive singular flóa, nominative plural flóar)

1. bay, gulf
2. marshy ground

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2419”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2419

Anagrams

• lófi