firth

Betekenis (Engels)

An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.

Sinonieme

estuary

fiord

fjord

branching bay

drowned river mouth

bay

estuary firth

harbor

liman

Vertalings

Fjord

fiordo

Meeresarm

ría

Ästuar

fiordo

bracchium

estuario

εκβολή

haliç

Förde

estuaire

estuario

φιόρδ

στενός κόλπος

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɜːθ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fyrth

Geërf van Old English: ford

Geërf van Old English: fyrhþe

In summary

Borrowed from Scots firth, furth, from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or both of Old English ford and Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), 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). The English word is a doublet of fjord, ford, port, and fjard.