firth

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

estuaire

Synonymes

estuary

fiord

fjord

branching bay

drowned river mouth

bay

estuary firth

harbor

liman

Traductions

Fjord

fiordo

Ästuar

haliç

fiordo

Meeresarm

estuario

bracchium

εκβολή

ría

Förde

estuario

φιόρδ

στενός κόλπος

Flussmündung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɜːθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fyrth

Hérité de ancien anglais: ford

Hérité de ancien anglais: 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.