firth

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

zeearm

estuarium

zeegat

liman

trechtermonding

Synoniemen

estuary

fiord

fjord

branching bay

drowned river mouth

bay

estuary firth

harbor

liman

Vertalingen

fiordo

Fjord

εκβολή

Förde

Meeresarm

estuaire

estuario

ría

fiordo

bracchium

haliç

Ästuar

estuários

estuarios

firth

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɜːθ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: fyrth

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ford

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.