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Where does “ar” come from?

ar (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic arô, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

ar (Westrobothnian): Eagle, "Aquila chrysaetos" or "Haliaeetus...

Definitions

  1. Eagle, "Aquila chrysaetos" or "Haliaeetus...

Ancestry of “ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseǫrneagle
2Proto-Germanicarôeagle
3Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
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