firth

Meanings

1. An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.

1. Alternative form of frith (“a forest used for hunting; a (small) wood; wooded country; land covered mainly by brushwood”).

1. A surname.
2. A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
3. A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
4. A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
5. A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
6. A hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots firth, furth, from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or both of Old English ford and Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). The English word is a doublet of fjord, ford, port, and fjard.