- furhwudu
- m (-a/-a) pine
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
furhwudu
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balsam fir — Fir Fir (f[ e]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f[ o]hre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.) A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fir — (f[ e]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f[ o]hre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.) A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red fir — Fir Fir (f[ e]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f[ o]hre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.) A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
silver fir — Fir Fir (f[ e]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f[ o]hre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.) A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fir — [14] As with many Indo European tree names, fir is a widespread term, but it does not mean the same thing wherever it occurs. Its prehistoric Indo European ancestor was *perkos, which in Latin became quercus, the name for the ‘oak’. Nor was the… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fir — 14c.; O.E. had furhwudu pine wood, but the modern word is more likely from O.N. fyri fir or O.Dan. fyr, all from P.Gmc. *furkhon (Cf. O.H.G. foraha, Ger. Föhre fir ), from PIE root *perkos, originally oak (Cf. Skt. paraktah the holy fig tree,… … Etymology dictionary
fir — [14] As with many Indo European tree names, fir is a widespread term, but it does not mean the same thing wherever it occurs. Its prehistoric Indo European ancestor was *perkos, which in Latin became quercus, the name for the ‘oak’. Nor was the… … Word origins
