English
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands comes from Old Norse Færeyjar.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Færeyjarliterally ‘Sheep Islands’
- EnglishtodayFaroe Islands
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Færeyjarliterally ‘Sheep Islands’
- EnglishtodayFaroe Islands
A compound of fær ‘sheep’ + eyjar ‘islands’
Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘to pluck (wool, hair)’
Proto-Indo-European *póḱ-o-s
Proto-Germanic *fahaz ‘sheep’
Old Norse fær ‘sheep’
Every English word from Old Norse Færeyjar
Today it means
name An archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Færeyjar / Faroe Islands