fiar
Irish (Donegal)
/fʲiəɾˠ/
noun
Definitions
- slant, tilt, bias, obliquity
- bend, twist; crookedness, perverseness
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish fiar (bent, crooked) inherited from Proto-Celtic *wēros (crooked) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (turned, twisted), *weh₁y- (twist, weave, wind, twine, turn, plait, enclose, cover, rotate, pursue, chase, bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₁y-
Gloss
twist, weave, wind, twine, turn, plait, enclose, cover, rotate, pursue, chase, bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
織
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wirepuller English
- archwire English
- barbwire English
- crosswire English
- dewire English
- firewire English
- flywire English
- guidewire English
- haywire English
- highwire English
- hot-wire English
- interwire English
- intrawire English
- microwire English
- miswire English
- multiwire English
- nanowire English
- newswire English
- prewire English
- pseudowire English
- rewire English
- slackwire English
- slidewire English
- smoothwire English
- thinwire English
- tightwire English
- trawlwire English
- tripwire English
- underwire English
- unwire English
- wirable English
- wire English
- wire speed English
- wire-dancer English
- wire-guard English
- wireball English
- wirebender English
- wirebird English
- wirebound English
- wirecutting English
- wired English
- wiredraw English
- wiredrawer English
- wireform English
- wireframe English
- wiregrass English
- wirehair English
- wirehaired English
- wirehead English
- wirehouse English
- wirelength English
- wireless English
- wirelike English
- wireline English
- wiremaker English
- wiremaking English
- wireman English
- wirephoto English
- wirepuller English
- wirer English
- wirerimmed English
- wireroom English
- wirescape English
- wiresmith English
- wiresome English
- wirestem English
- wiretap English
- wiretapper English
- wirewalker English
- wirewalking English
- wirewater English
- wireway English
- wireweed English
- wirework English
- wireworker English
- wireworking English
- wireworm English
- wirewove English
- wiring English
- wiry English
- *virō Latin
- vibia Latin
- vieō Latin
- vimen Latin
- viriola Latin
- vitus Latin
- guaya Spanish, Castilian
- οἶσος Ancient Greek
- ἴτυς Ancient Greek
- *weh₁i-ro-s Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁iros Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- vaier Norwegian Bokmål
- vajer Swedish
- vaier Norwegian Nynorsk
- wir Middle English
- fiaradh Irish
- *vĕnьcь Proto-Slavic
- *věnik Proto-Slavic
- *věnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- *vī́tī Proto-Slavic
- virer Old French
- envear Galician
- trasvirar Galician
- تار Persian
- diwyr Welsh
- gŵyr Welsh
- fiar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- wayar Malay
- *winati Proto-Celtic
- *wēros Proto-Celtic
- 威亞 Chinese
- 威吔 Chinese
- 崴仔 Chinese
- waya Swahili
- fiar Middle Irish
- wea Marshallese
- wyt Middle Persian
- waia Tok Pisin
- *viros Gaulish
- واير Gulf Arabic
- وله Pashto, Pushto
- waya Antillean Creole