diere
Middle Dutch
adj
Definitions
- valuable
- expensive
- dear, precious
- excellent
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch diuri inherited from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*diurijaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tyyris Finnish
- duur Dutch, Flemish
- duurte Dutch, Flemish
- langdurig Dutch, Flemish
- levensduur Dutch, Flemish
- peperduur Dutch, Flemish
- tijdsduur Dutch, Flemish
- *diurijaz Proto-Germanic
- diere Old English
- dīere Old English
- dýrr Old Norse
- (*)diuri Old High German
- *diuri Old High German
- tiuri Old High German
- duur Afrikaans
- diuri Old Dutch
- diuri Old Saxon
- diure Old Frisian
- bedǖren Low German
- diere West Flemish