fjor

See also: fjór, fjör, fjǫr, and fjør

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fjoˀɐ̯], [fjoɐ̯ˀ]
• Homophone: fjord

Noun

fjor

1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (in compounds, rare) last year

Derived terms

• fjorår
• forfjor

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

Noun

fjor

1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (in compounds) last year

Derived terms

• fjorår
• forfjor

 

References

• “fjor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fjor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

Noun

fjor

1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (in compounds) last year

Derived terms

• fjorgamal
• fjorhaust
• fjorsommar
• fjorvinter
• fjorvår
• fjorår
• forfjor
• snøen som fall i fjor

 

References

• “fjor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”), from Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”, literally “on the other side of a year”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid. Compare also Swedish fjol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjuːr/

Noun

fjor

1. (southern Sweden) used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (southern Sweden, in compounds) last year

Synonyms

• fjol

Derived terms

• fjorår
• förfjor
• förrfjor