*ferudi

Runic: ᚠᛖᚱᚢᛞᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈɸe.ru.ði/

adverb

Meanings

last year, a year ago

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pér-ut-i (‘last year’), from a compound of *per (‘to go through; to carry forth, fare’) + *ut-i, locative singular form of *wet- (‘year, year-old’). Compare Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi) (pérusi, ‘last year’), Lithuanian pérnai (‘last year’), Old Armenian հերու (heru, ‘last year, in the last year’), Persian پار (pâr, ‘last year’), Sanskrit परुत् (parút) (parut, ‘last year’), and Scottish Gaelic an-uiridh (‘last year’).

Descendants

  • *ferud (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fërt, *fëret (Old High German)
      • vert (Middle High German)
        • fëret (Alemannic German)
        • fert (German)
  • fjǫrð, fjörð (Old Norse)
    • í fjǫrð (Old Norse)
      • i fjor (Danish)
      • í fjør (Faroese)
      • í fyrra (Icelandic)
      • i fjor (Norwegian)
  • fjǫrð, fjörð (Old Norse)
    • í fjǫrð (Old Norse)
      • fiordh (Old Swedish)
        • i fjol, i fjor (Swedish)

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