Where does “fjǫrr” come from?
fjǫrr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic ferhuz, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.
fjǫrr (Old Norse): man; a kind of tree
Ancestry of “fjǫrr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | ferhuz | body; life; being; existence; oak tree |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | perkʷ- | oak |