Where does “aiʀ” come from?

aiʀ (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic aiz, from Proto-Indo-European áyos — a metal, copper, bronze.

aiʀ (Proto-West Germanic): bronze

Definitions

  1. bronze

Ancestry of “aiʀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicaizcopper, bronze; ore
2Proto-Indo-Europeanáyosa metal, copper, bronze

Words derived from “aiʀ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European áyos →Every word from Proto-Germanic aiz →
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