hjoed
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hiōda, hiūdega. A contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiū dega (“this day”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (“on this day”), from *hiz (from which also hy) + *dagaz (from which dei). Cognate with Old English hēodæg and Dutch heden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juə̯t/
Adverb
hjoed
- today
- Hjoed wurke ik mei myn freon. ― I worked with my friend today.
Derived terms
- hjoeddeisk
Further reading
- “hjoed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011