Where does “äyrinmaa” come from?
äyrinmaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish äyri, from Old Norse eyrir, from Proto-Germanic aurijaz, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
äyrinmaa (Finnish): an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for area equal to around 11 777 square kyynärä or around 4152 square meters
Definitions
- an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for area equal to around 11 777 square kyynärä or around 4152 square meters
Ancestry of “äyrinmaa”, step by step
äyrinmaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish äyri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äyri | öre; øre; eyrir |
| 2 | Old Norse | eyrir | an ounce (usually of silver); equivalent to an eighth of a mark (mǫrk) or sixty pennies (penningr) |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aurijaz | an ounce; a unit of currency |
| 4 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |