Where does “eier” come from?
eier (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans eiers, from Dutch ei, from Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs — ice, frost.
eier (Afrikaans): egg
Ancestry of “eier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | eiers | plural of eier |
| 2 | Dutch | ei | egg |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ei | egg |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ei | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 6 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 7 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 8 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |