Firth
/fɜːrθ/noun
A narrow inlet of the sea, especially in Scotland.
Did you know?Firth is an old northern word tied to the idea of a protected sea passage, and it survives most famously in Scottish place names like the Firth of Forth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to cross, pass over”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*ferþuz
“a passage, crossing, or journey”
Old English
OE
fyrð
“a crossing-place or estuary”
Old Norse
ON
fjǫrðr
“a fjord, inlet”
Middle English
ME
firth
“a narrow sea inlet, especially in Scotland”
Modern English
English
firth
“a narrow inlet of the sea, especially in Scotland”