järn
Swedish
/jɛːrn/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) iron
- certain sharp tools with a blade made of steel or iron
- (colloquial) a stiff drink
- (plurale tantum) shackles
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse járn inherited from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (iron) derived from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (iron) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood, red).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ésh₂r̥
Gloss
blood, red
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
赤
Emoji
🫀
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assaratum Latin
- *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- Proto-Indo-European
- jern Norwegian Bokmål
- *īsarną Proto-Germanic
- järnmalm Swedish
- järnspett Swedish
- järntacka Swedish
- järnväg Swedish
- järnvägsförvaltning Swedish
- järnvägsspår Swedish
- malm Swedish
- spett Swedish
- tacka Swedish
- väg Swedish
- våffeljärn Swedish
- våffla Swedish
- isern Old English
- īsern Old English
- járn Old Norse
- ísarn Old Norse
- jern Danish
- járn Icelandic
- īsarn Old High German
- արիւն Old Armenian
- íarn Old Irish
- jarn Faroese
- 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽 Gothic
- *īsarn gmw-pro
- *īsarn Old Dutch
- īsern Old Dutch
- *īsarno- Proto-Celtic
- *īsarnom Proto-Celtic
- *HásHr̥ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- isarn Old Saxon
- jarn Westrobothnian
- houarn Breton
- *hiyarno- Proto-Brythonic
- yasar Tocharian B
- īsarno- Gaulish
- *éhər Proto-Hellenic
- ysār Tocharian A
- jáðn Jamtish
- *ʔésHr̥ Proto-Anatolian