Family words in Faroese

Words for family members and other relatives in Faroese, a North Germanic language spoken mainly on the Faroe Islands.

Key to abbreviations: pt = paternal (father's side), mt = maternal (mother's side).

	Føroyskt (Faroese)
family	húsfólk; hýski
parents	foreldur
father	faðir
mother	móðir
children	barn
son	sonur
daughter	dóttir
husband	ektamaður; maður
wife	ektakona; kona
brother	bróðir
sister	systir
uncle	faðirbróðir (pt); móðurbróðir (mt)
aunt	fastir (pt); mostir (mt)
cousin	systkinabarn
nephew	bróðursonur; (brother's son); systursonur; (sister's son)
niece	bróðurdóttir; (brother's daughter); systurdóttir; (sister's daughter)
grandparents	abbi og omma
grandfather	abbi
grandmother	omma
grandchildren	barnabarn
grandson	abbasonur; ommusonur
granddaughter	abbadóttir; ommudóttir
father-in-law	verfaðir
mother-in-law	vermóðir
brother-in-law	svágur
sister-in-law	konusystir; bróðurkona; systir mansins

Links

Family words in Faorese
http://www.unilang.org/wiki/index.php/Faroese_kinship_words
http://www.everyculture.com/Europe/Faroe-Islanders-Kinship-Marriage-and-Family.html

Family words in Germanic languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/germanic_family.html

Family words in Germanic languages

Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish

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