Where does “ironwork” come from?
Ironwork comes from English iron and work, with iron descending through Middle English iren and Old English -weorc to Proto-Germanic īsarną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ meaning blood or gore.
ironwork (English): Anything made wholly or largely of iron,...
Definitions
- Anything made wholly or largely of iron,...
Ancestry of “ironwork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | iron | A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when... |
| 2 | Ossetian | ирон | Ossetian person; an Ossetian, speaking the Iron... |
| 3 | Ossetian | ир | Ossetians, the Ossetian nation; the speakers of... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | wiHráh | man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wiHrás | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |