fyr
Swedish
/fyːr/
noun
Definitions
- a lighthouse
- fire
- (dated) a guy
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse fúrr derived from Proto-Germanic *fōr (fire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ph₂wṓr
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Feuer German
- *ph₂wṓr Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *fōr Proto-Germanic
- fúrr Old Norse
- funi Icelandic
- fiur Old High German
- fuir Old High German
- viur Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- *fuir gmw-pro
- fuir Old Dutch
- fuïr, fuir Old Dutch
- fiur Old Saxon
- Fëgfüür Alemannic German
- Füür Alemannic German
- fiūr Old Frisian