Jersey
English
/ˈdʒɜːzi/, /ˈdʒɝzi/
proper noun
Definitions
- (dependency in UK).
- A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
- An English earldom.
- (US) New Jersey.
- (town in Georgia).
Etymology
Borrowed from Gersui com from Old Norse Geirr (Geirr's) + Old Norse ey (island, luck, river, heavenly aid)derived from Latin Caesarea.
Origin
Latin
Caesarea
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Edenfield English
- Jerseyman English
- Jerseyville English
- Caesarea Latin
- Césarée French
- øy Norwegian Bokmål
- Cesareia Portuguese
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- *gaizaz Proto-Germanic
- ジャージー Japanese
- øy Norwegian Nynorsk
- tūn Old English
- Geirr Old Norse
- Suðreyjar Old Norse
- Vestmannaeyjar Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- eyjóttr Old Norse
- eyland Old Norse
- Jersey Danish
- Gersui Old French
- Geir Icelandic
- ey Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- Geir Faroese
- oy Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- 澤西 Chinese
- öy Westrobothnian
- Gersui xno
- Geir Norwegian