fjor
Pronunciation: [fjoˀɐ̯]
“fjor” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
- used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
- last year
Etymology
From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.
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