Where does “ørevoks” come from?
ørevoks (Danish) comes from Danish øre, from Old Danish øræ, from Old Norse eyrir, from Proto-Germanic aurijaz, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus.
ørevoks (Danish): earwax
Definitions
- earwax
Ancestry of “ørevoks”, step by step
ørevoks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish øre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | øre | ear; handle; a currency unit worth one hundredth... |
| 2 | Old Danish | øræ | ear; type of currency equivalent to an eighth of... |
| 3 | Old Norse | eyrir | an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningr) |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | aurijaz | an ounce; a unit of currency |
| 5 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 6 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 7 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 9 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 10 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 11 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |