eir
Norwegian Nynorsk
noun-n1
Definitions
- verdigris (especially on copper)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse eir (brass, copper, gentleness, pardon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiz (copper, bronze, ore) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos (bronze, metal, copper).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éyos
Gloss
bronze, metal, copper
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
金
Emoji
🥉
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ore English
- orebody English
- orefield English
- oreforming English
- orehouse English
- oreless English
- oreshoot English
- aeramen Latin
- aeramentum Latin
- aerarium Latin
- aerugo Latin
- aerāmen Latin
- aerāmen, aerāminis Latin
- aes Latin
- aestimo Latin
- nitroaereus Latin
- obaeratus Latin
- ehern German
- bronzo Italian
- rogna Italian
- roña Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos, h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *aiz Proto-Germanic
- eirgrøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- grøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- ōra Old English
- अयस् Sanskrit
- अयस्कार Sanskrit
- or Middle English
- eir Old Norse
- ir Danish
- eir Icelandic
- अयस् Hindi
- ēr Old High German
- Eir Faroese
- 𐌰𐌹𐌶 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- *Háyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *aos Proto-Italic
- roña Asturian
- *Háyas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- eer Old Danish
- 𒆳𒄩𒀀𒋼 Urartian