Where does “fjärta” come from?

fjärta (Swedish) comes from Old Norse frata, from Proto-Germanic fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European perd- — to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind.

fjärta (Swedish): to fart

Definitions

  1. to fart

Ancestry of “fjärta”, step by step

fjärta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse frata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefrata—
2Proto-Germanicfertanąto break wind, fart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanperd-to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind

via Old Norse freta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefreta—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European perd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fertaną →Every word from Old Norse frata →
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