oy
Faroese
[ɔiːj]
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) island
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse ey (island, luck, river, heavenly aid).
Origin
Old Norse
ey
Gloss
island, luck, river, heavenly aid
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
島
Emoji
🏝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Edenfield English
- Jersey English
- øy Norwegian Bokmål
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- øy Norwegian Nynorsk
- tūn Old English
- Austrey Old Norse
- Suðreyjar Old Norse
- Vestmannaeyjar Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- eyjóttr Old Norse
- eyland Old Norse
- ey Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- Borðoy Faroese
- Eysturoy Faroese
- Fugloy Faroese
- Suðuroy Faroese
- Svínoy Faroese
- barð Faroese
- eystur Faroese
- eysturoyingur Faroese
- fugloyingur Faroese
- fuglur Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- suður Faroese
- svín Faroese
- öy Westrobothnian