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

Definitions

  1. man; a kind of tree

Ancestry of “fjǫrr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicferhuzbody; life; being; existence; oak tree
2Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ferhuz →