i fjol

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • i fjor (mostly southern Sweden)

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”), from Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”, literally “on the other side of a year”). The development from rð > l (originally /ɽ/) is characteristic of the traditional dialects of central and northern Sweden, compare e.g. vålnad, hin håle.

Adverb

i fjol

  1. last year

See also

References
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