erne
English
/ɜːn/, /ɝːn/
noun
Definitions
- A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- (chiefly) An eagle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ern inherited from Old English earn (eagle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *arô (eagle) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (large bird, eagle, big bird).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃érō
Gloss
large bird, eagle, big bird
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Arnold English
- Aar German
- Adler German
- ὄρνεον Ancient Greek
- ὄρνις Ancient Greek
- *h₂oren Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃or-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃érō Proto-Indo-European
- *arô Proto-Germanic
- havsörn Swedish
- kejsarörn Swedish
- kungsörn Swedish
- mindre skrikörn Swedish
- ormörn Swedish
- skrikörn Swedish
- stäppörn Swedish
- större skrikörn Swedish
- örn Swedish
- örnfjäder Swedish
- örnnäste Swedish
- örnvråk Swedish
- Earnwulf Old English
- earn Old English
- isearn Old English
- ern Middle English
- ari Old Norse
- ǫrn Old Norse
- havørn Danish
- ørn Danish
- ørneklo Danish
- *orьlъ Proto-Slavic
- όρνιο Greek (modern)
- arn Old High German
- aro Old High German
- ar Middle High German
- 𐌰𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *aro Old Dutch
- *eriros Proto-Celtic
- arn Old Saxon
- erelis Lithuanian
- *ern Old Frisian
- 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 Hittite
- arelie Old Prussian