Where does “feire” come from?
feire (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Hungarian fejre, from German feiern, from Middle High German vīren, from Old High German fīrōn, from Latin ferior, from Latin fēriae.
feire (Norwegian Bokmål): to celebrate
Ancestry of “feire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | fejre | sublative singular of fej |
| 2 | German | feiern | to celebrate; to party; to love; to adore |
| 3 | Middle High German | vīren | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fīrōn | — |
| 5 | Latin | ferior | to rest from work, to keep holiday; first-person... |
| 6 | Latin | fēriae | — |
Words derived from “feire”