åder

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) vein, blood vessel
  • (biology) vein in a leaf
  • (geology) vein, strain of mineral in the ground and in stone
  • passage of water through the ground, spring

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish aþra/adher inherited from Old Norse æðr (eider) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*ēþrō

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