Firth
English
editEtymology
edit- As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”).
- As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”).
- As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.
Proper noun
editFirth (countable and uncountable, plural Firths)
- A surname.
- A city and town in Idaho.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Firth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 577.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Welsh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Cities in Idaho, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Towns in Idaho, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Idaho, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Nebraska, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- en:Villages in the Shetland Islands, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in the Shetland Islands, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland