eerig
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Eer + -ig. First element from Old High German ēr (“ore; brass”), from Proto-Germanic *aiz (“copper, bronze; ore”), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos (“a metal, copper, bronze”). Compare Italian rameico, Spanish alámbrico.
Adjective
[edit]eerig
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 23.
Categories:
- Alemannic German terms suffixed with -ig
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German adjectives
- Urner Alemannic German