fager

Westrobothnian

adjective

Definitions

fair (of good appearance), pretty

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse fagr inherited from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (nice, fitting, suitable) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (place, fasten).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ph₂ḱ-

Gloss

place, fasten

Concept

Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*peh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
*ph₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
fager Norwegian Bokmål
*fagraz Proto-Germanic
*fanhaną, *fangōną Proto-Germanic
fager Norwegian Nynorsk
fagr Old Norse
fagrleikr Old Norse
fager Danish
fagur Icelandic
fagur Faroese
𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 Gothic
*fagr gmw-pro
fagher Old Swedish