jord

Swedish

/juːɖ/

noun
Definitions
  • earth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated material in which land plants grow
  • earth, ground (as opposed to the sky or sea)
  • earth; one of the four or five basic elements in alchemical or Taoist philosophy
  • any (hypothetical) planet very similar to Earth which would be able support human life without ever-present technological support.
  • a piece of land, suitable for farming
  • (slightly) soil; country, territory; in particular with reference to one's native land.
  • earth, ground; electrical connection to the earth/ground

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish iorþ 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

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