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English firgen, both
meaning 'mountain', and with the Old High
German Firgunnea, the Ore Mountains. Alternatively, the name may be a
feminine equivalent...
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Germanic Etymology Notes *Ferg(w)unjan ~ *Ferg(w)unjō 'mountain' OHG
Firgunnea ON Fjǫrgyn –
Probably from PIE *per-kwun-ih₂ ('wooded mountains', i.e...
- 'world', Old English: firgen, 'mountain', 'wooded hill', Old High German:
Firgunnea, the Ore Mountains, and
Virgundia Waldus, Virgunnia, 'oaks forest', Slavic:...