Where does “īsern” come from?

īsern (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic īsarn, from Proto-Germanic īsarną, from Proto-Celtic īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ — blood.

īsern (Old English): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “īsern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicīsarniron
2Proto-Germanicīsarnąiron
3Proto-Celticīsarnomiron
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood

Words derived from “īsern”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic īsarnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsarną →