jord

Norwegian Nynorsk

/juːr/, [juːɽ]

noun-f1
Definitions
  • earth, soil, ground
  • (electricity) ground
  • the earth, or the Earth the planet we live on

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse jǫrð (earth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *erþō (earth, ground, soil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (earth, separate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁er-

Gloss

earth, separate

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

土, 地

Emoji
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