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Proto-Germanic: *aiza-n; *ī́sarna-, *īzarna-; *aizuga-z
Meaning: ore, copper, iron
Gothic: aiz n. `money metal'; *īsarn n. (a) `iron'
Old Norse: eir n. `Erz, Kupfer'; ēarn, īarn (älter), jārn n. (2)
Norwegian: eir (1); 3) jarn (2); eir, erj (4)
Old Swedish: ēr (1)
Swedish: järn (2); ärg (3)
Old Danish: eer (1)
Danish: jern (2); ir, irr (4)
Old English: äs, -äris n. `Brass'; ǟr,-es n. `brass', ār, -es n. `ore, brass, copper' `Erz'; īsern,-es n. `iron, an instrument or weapon made of iron'; īsen, -es n. `iron, steel, an implement made of iron'; īren, -es n. `iron, an iron weapon, a sword, blade'
English: ore, iron
Old Frisian: īsern, īrsen (2)
Old Saxon: ēr (1); īsarn, īsan (2)
Middle Dutch: eer (1); īsen, īser (2)
Dutch: ijzer n.
Middle Low German: ēr(e) `Erz'; īsern, īsen (2)
Old High German: ēr (8. Jh.) `Erz'; īsarn, īsan (8. Jh.) (2)
Middle High German: ēr st. n. 'erz, eisen'; īsen st. n. 'eisen als metall; waffe, rüstung, pflugschar, hufeisen usw.'; īsern, īser st. n. 'eisen, bes. das verarbeitete eisen, eiserne waffe, rüstung'
Comments: 2, 3 - Lehnw. aus dem Keltischen (nicht Irl.)
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ayes-
Meaning: metal, ore (copper, magnetic)
Old Indian: áyas- n. `iron, metal'
Avestan: ayaŋh- n. 'Metall, Eisen'
Latin: aes, gen. aeris n. `Erz, Bronze, Kupfer, Geld'
Other Italic: Umbr ahesnes `aenis'
Celtic: *īsarno-: Gaul pl.Isarnodori gl. `ferrei ostii'; Isarnum; OIr iarnn; OBret Iserninus (Männername); Cymr hayarn, Corn hoern
Russ. meaning: металл, руда (медная, железная)
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 40
Root: ai̯os-
English meaning: metal (copper; iron)
German meaning: `Metall', u. zw. wohl `Kupfer ('brandfarbig?'), Bronze'; im Arischen auch `Eisen'
Material: Ai. áyas- n., av. ayaŋh- n. `Metall, Eisen'; lat. aes, g. aeris; got. aiz (urgerm. *a(i̯)iz- = idg. *ai̯es-) `Erz, Geld', ahd. ēr `Erz', anord. eir n. `Erz, Kupfer'.
Davon av. ayaŋhaēna- `metallen, eisern', lat. aēnus (*ai̯es-no- = umbr. ahesnes `aenis'), aēneus, ags. ǣren, as. ahd. mhd. ērīn, nhd. ēren (ehern). Trotz Pokorny KZ. 46, 292 f. ist idg. ai̯os nicht alte Entlehnung aus Ajasja, älter Aɫas(ja), dem alten Namen von Kypros, wie lat. cuprum : Κύπρος, da nach D. Davis (BSA. 30, 74-86, 1932) die Kupfergruben auf Kypros erst in spätmykenischer Zeit in Angriff genommen wurden.
Hierher lat. aestimō, alt aestumō `schätze ab, ermesse, schätze hoch', Denomin. von *ais-temos `der das Erz zerschneidet' (zu temnō).
References: WP. I 4, WH. I, 19, 20, Feist 31.
See also: Zu ā̆i-4 `brennen'?
Pages: 15-16
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