öra

Swedish

/øːra/

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) ear; the part of the body used to hear
  • ear; the handle of a cup, designed not to get warm when a hot liquid is poured in to the cup

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄ra, øra inherited from Old Norse eyra (ear) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ausô (ear) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows- (ear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ows-

Gloss

ear

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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