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Icelandic

eir

/eiːr/ · noun

Meaning

  1. copper (a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29)
  2. money
  3. a female given name
  4. a male given name

Etymology / origin

From Old Norse eir, from Proto-Germanic *aiz. Cognate with Faroese eir, Norwegian eir, Danish ir, Old English ār (> English ore), Old High German ēr.

  1. ēr(goh)→
  2. ore(English)→
  3. ār(ang)→
  4. ir(Danish)→
  5. eir(no)→
  6. Eir(Faroese)→
  7. *aiz(gem-pro)→
  8. eir(Old Norse)→
  9. eir (Icelandic)
  10. Relations: inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

eir(Old Norse)*aiz(gem-pro)Eir(Faroese)eir(no)ir(Danish)ār(ang)ore(English)ēr(goh)

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