oer
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German Uur derived from Proto-Germanic *ōra derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)wūr-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ore English
- orebody English
- orefield English
- oreforming English
- orehouse English
- oreless English
- oreshoot English
- äyräs Finnish
- oervloed Dutch, Flemish
- vloed Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)wūr- Proto-Indo-European
- *auraz Proto-Germanic
- *ōra Proto-Germanic
- ear Old English
- or Middle English
- úir Irish
- aurr Old Norse
- eyrr Old Norse
- úr Old Irish
- 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 Gothic
- Uur Low German