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Norwegian Nynorsk

eir

noun

Meaning

  1. verdigris (especially on copper)

Etymology / origin

From Old Norse eir n, from Proto-Germanic *aiz n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos n (“copper, bronze”). Germanic cognates include English ore, German ehern, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz) and Danish ir. Indo-European cognates include Latin aes and Sanskrit अयस् (ayas).

  1. अयस्(Sanskrit)→
  2. aes(Latin)→
  3. ir(Danish)→
  4. 𐌰𐌹𐌶(Gothic)→
  5. ehern(German)→
  6. ore(English)→
  7. *h₂éyos(ine-pro)→
  8. *aiz(gem-pro)→
  9. eir(Old Norse)→
  10. eir (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  11. Relations: inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

eir(Old Norse)*aiz(gem-pro)*h₂éyos(ine-pro)ore(English)ehern(German)𐌰𐌹𐌶(Gothic)ir(Danish)aes(Latin)अयस्(Sanskrit)

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