Where does “fjære” come from?

fjære (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fjara, from Proto-Germanic ferwǭ.

fjære (Norwegian Bokmål): low tide, ebb, ebb tide; intertidal zone,...

Definitions

  1. low tide, ebb, ebb tide; intertidal zone,...

Ancestry of “fjære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefjaraebb; fore shore, beach
2Proto-Germanicferwǭ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic ferwǭ →Every word from Old Norse fjara →