eerig

Alemannic German

Etymology

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

eerig

(Uri) Made of iron or bronze.

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 23.

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