Where does “åre” come from?

åre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic ēþrō, from Proto-Indo-European ēt-er- — stomach, intestines.

åre (Norwegian Bokmål): a vein; an oar used for rowing

Definitions

  1. a vein; an oar used for rowing

Ancestry of “åre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseæðrvein; eider
2Proto-Germanicēþrōvein
3Proto-Indo-Europeanēt-er-stomach, intestines

Words derived from “åre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēt-er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēþrō →Every word from Old Norse æðr →