málmur

Faroese

noun
Definitions
  • ore
  • metal and minerals
  • personality, temperament
  • (rock music) metal

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse malmr (ore, sandy flats, metal) derived from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (ore, sand).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*malmaz

Gloss

ore, sand

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

鉱

Emoji
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