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
- last year
Related terms
- fjolår
See also
- i går
- i förrgår
References
- fjol in Svensk ordbok (SO)