ember
English
/ˈɛm.bəː/, /ˈɛm.bɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A glowing piece of coal or wood.
- Smoldering ash.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English embre inherited from Old English ǣmyrġe inherited from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, *aimaz (steam) + Proto-Germanic *uzjǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (burn), *h₁ews- (burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ews-
Gloss
burn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- emberless English
- emberlike English
- ustulāre Latin
- ustulō Latin
- εὕω Ancient Greek
- *h₁ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁us-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *aimaz Proto-Germanic
- *aimuzjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *uzjǭ Proto-Germanic
- ǣmyrġe Old English
- embre Middle English
- eimr Old Norse
- eimyrja Old Norse
- ím Old Norse
- ur Albanian
- *ouzō Proto-Italic
- *éuhō Proto-Hellenic