jörð

Icelandic

/jœrð/

noun
Definitions
  • earth
  • ground
  • estate, tract of land (as property)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse jǫrð (earth) derived from Proto-Germanic *erþō (earth, ground, soil).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*erþō

Gloss

earth, ground, soil

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

土, 地

Emoji
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