fjord.
A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
Meaning & usage
A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértus Proto-Germanic *ferþuz Proto-Norse *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉ (*ferþuʀ) Old Norse fjǫrðr Norwegian fjordubor. English fjord Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of firth, ford, port, and fjard.
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