fjät
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fiæt, from Old Norse *fjat, from Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, step”). Distantly related to fot, English foot, German Fuß.
Noun
fjät n
- (archaic) step
- Synonym: (modern) steg
- 1928, Arvid Rosén, “Natten går tunga fjät”, in Sånger för Skolan:
- Natten går tunga fjät,
runt gård och stuva.
Kring jord som sol’n förlät,
skuggorna ruva.- The night takes heavy steps,
around house and cottage.
On the earth which the sun has left,
dwell the shadows.
- The night takes heavy steps,
- (archaic) footprint
Declension
| Declension of fjät | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fjät | fjätet | fjät | fjäten |
| Genitive | fjäts | fjätets | fjäts | fjätens |
Further reading
- fjät in Svensk ordbok.
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