oar
English
/ɔː/, /oə/, /ɔɹ/, /o(ː)ɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat .
- An oarsman; a rower.
- (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ār (grace, oar, glory, mercy, help, honor, honour, benefit, privilege, prosperity, favor, pardon, respect, bronze, copper, worth, brass, dignity, kindness, reverence, pity) inherited from Proto-Germanic *airō (oar).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*airō
Gloss
oar
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- hole English
- lock English
- oarage English
- oared English
- oarfish English
- oarhole English
- oarless English
- oarlessness English
- oarlike English
- oarlock English
- oarsman English
- oarsmanship English
- oarswoman English
- oarweed English
- oary English
- remiform English
- setireme English
- unoared English
- weed English
- remus Latin
- år Norwegian Bokmål
- *airi Proto-Germanic
- *airō Proto-Germanic
- *aizō Proto-Germanic
- *jērą Proto-Germanic
- åra Swedish
- år Norwegian Nynorsk
- ardæde Old English
- arfæst Old English
- arleas Old English
- arstafas Old English
- aryþ Old English
- woroldar Old English
- ār Old English
- ईषा Sanskrit
- are Middle English
- ore hol Middle English
- ár Old Norse
- ár Icelandic
- ár Faroese
- árla Faroese
- *airo Proto-Finnic
- īsā Pali
- *ājrō Proto-Samic
- ar Old Swedish
- ar, ār Old Swedish
- jår Westrobothnian
- *HiHsáH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- arraun Basque
- aar Old Danish