eir
Icelandic
/eiːr/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) copper; a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse eir (brass, copper, gentleness, pardon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiz (copper, bronze, ore).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*aiz
Gloss
copper, bronze, ore
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
鉱
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oar English
- ore English
- orebody English
- orefield English
- oreforming English
- orehouse English
- oreless English
- oreshoot English
- eher German
- ehern German
- *h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos, h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *airō Proto-Germanic
- *aiz Proto-Germanic
- *aizō Proto-Germanic
- eir Norwegian Nynorsk
- ardæde Old English
- arfæst Old English
- arleas Old English
- arstafas Old English
- aryþ Old English
- woroldar Old English
- ār Old English
- ōra Old English
- are Middle English
- or Middle English
- eir Old Norse
- ir Danish
- erist Old High German
- ēr Old High German
- Eir Faroese
- 𐌰𐌹𐌶 Gothic
- eerig Alemannic German
- eer Old Danish