fager
Swedish
adj
Definitions
- (dated) fair (of good appearance), pretty
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish fagher 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
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Person/Thing
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fairbank English
- Fairbanks English
- Mayfair English
- fair English
- fair-goer English
- fair-handed English
- fair-minded English
- fairdom English
- fairest English
- fairgoer English
- fairground English
- fairgrounds English
- fairhanded English
- fairheaded English
- fairhood English
- fairish English
- fairlead English
- fairleader English
- fairlike English
- fairling English
- fairly English
- fairmaid English
- fairminded English
- fairness English
- fairsome English
- fairwater English
- fairway English
- funfair English
- hyperfair English
- unfair English
- fair German
- fair Hungarian
- *peh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- fager Norwegian Bokmål
- *fagraz Proto-Germanic
- *fanhaną, *fangōną Proto-Germanic
- fair Polish
- fager Norwegian Nynorsk
- fæġer Old English
- fayr Middle English
- fagr Old Norse
- fagrleikr Old Norse
- fager Danish
- fér Czech
- fer Serbo-Croatian
- fagur Icelandic
- fagur Faroese
- 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *fagr gmw-pro
- fagher Old Swedish
- fager Westrobothnian