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Where does “feiring” come from?

feiring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål feire, from Hungarian fejre, from German feiern, from Middle High German vīren, from Old High German fīrōn, from Latin ferior, from Latin fēriae.

feiring (Norwegian Bokmål): a celebration

Definitions

  1. a celebration

Ancestry of “feiring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfeireto celebrate
2Hungarianfejresublative singular of fej
3Germanfeiernto celebrate; to party; to love; to adore
4Middle High Germanvīren—
5Old High Germanfīrōn—
6Latinferiorto rest from work, to keep holiday; first-person...
7Latinfēriae—
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