Where does “Eisen” come from?

Eisen (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-West Germanic unsar, from Proto-Germanic unseraz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Eisen (Luxembourgish): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “Eisen”, step by step

Eisen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic unsar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicunsarour, ours, of us
2Proto-Germanicunserazour, ours; 1st person plural possessive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Middle High German īsenīn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanīsenīn—
2Old High Germanīsīn—

Words derived from “Eisen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic unseraz →