Etymograph

English

fjard

Fjard comes from Swedish fjärd ‘a larger, more or less open body of water in a…’, from Old Norse fjǫrðr ‘firth, fjord’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-1‘to fare’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pértus2‘crossing’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ferþuz2‘inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CE*ferþuz3transliteratedrunes *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉreconstructed
  5. Old Norsec. 800–1350fjǫrðr2‘firth, fjord’
  6. Old Swedishmodernfiærdher2
  7. Swedishmodernfjärd4‘a larger, more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago, a bay’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1995fjard4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pértus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Swedish fjärd
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old Norse fjǫrðr
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English fjard
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1995, Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Estuaries: “However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *pértus‘to fare’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pértusWiktionary, Swedish fjärd‘crossing’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ferþuzWiktionary, Swedish fjärd‘inlet, fjord’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CE*ferþuzWiktionary, Old Norse fjǫrðrtransliteratedrunes *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉreconstructed
  5. Old Norsec. 800–1350fjǫrðrWiktionary, Swedish fjärd‘firth, fjord’
  6. Old SwedishmodernfiærdherWiktionary, Swedish fjärd
  7. SwedishmodernfjärdWiktionary, English fjard‘a larger, more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago, a bay’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1995fjardWiktionary, English fjard. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1995, Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Estuaries: “However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare’

first, before, support, per, report, further, price, private, press, far, practice, pre, prior, prime, appreciate, sport, primary, fear, prize, importance, pregnant, practical, forth, precious, praise, afford, export, interpretation, privilege, import, ferry, portal, porter, portable, pirate, parade, porch, primitive, prix, par, 151 more

through Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’

opportunity, port, ford, firth, 10 more

through Old Norse fjǫrðr ‘firth, fjord’

fjord

Today it means

noun A more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fjard”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *pértus, Swedish fjärd, Old Norse fjǫrðr. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *per- / fjard

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