ur

Faroese

/uːɹ/

noun
Definitions
  • watch, timepiece

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ur (watch) derived from German Uhr (clock, watch, glass, meter) derived from Latin hōra (hour, season, time) derived from Ancient Greek ὥρα (season, time, year, hour, whether of the year, any time period, or day, month, period, part of a sacrificial victim, fixed period of time, any limited time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (year, season, do, act vigorously, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yeh₁-

Gloss

year, season, do, act vigorously, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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