eir
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- brass, copper
Etymology
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
- Ehre German
- Ehrenamt German
- Ehrenmitgliedschaft German
- Ehrenmord German
- Ehrenwort German
- Unehre German
- ehrbar German
- ehrenhaft German
- ehrenkäsig German
- ehrenrührig German
- ehrenvoll German
- ehrenwert German
- ehrenwörtlich German
- ehrlich German
- ehrlos German
- ehrpusselig German
- ehrrührig German
- ehrwürdig German
- *h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos, h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *aiz Proto-Germanic
- eir Norwegian Nynorsk
- eirgrøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- ōra Old English
- or Middle English
- ir Danish
- eir Icelandic
- era Old High German
- ēr Old High German
- Eir Faroese
- ēre Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌹𐌶 Gothic
- *aiʀu gmw-pro
- *Háyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- era Old Saxon
- *aos Proto-Italic
- eer Old Danish
- 𒆳𒄩𒀀𒋼 Urartian