Etymology Explorer › English

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

  1. Anything made wholly or largely of iron,...

Ancestry of “ironwork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishironA common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when...
2OssetianиронOssetian person; an Ossetian, speaking the Iron...
3OssetianирOssetians, the Ossetian nation; the speakers of...
4Proto-IranianwiHráhman
5Proto-Indo-IranianwiHrásman
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →