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járn

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See also: jarn and järn

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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járn n (genitive singular járns, nominative plural járn)

  1. iron

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Jamtish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hammerdal, Ström) IPA(key): [¹jaːn̪]
  • (Berg, Klövsjö, Rätan) IPA(key): [¹jaːn̠]
  • (Most dialects) IPA(key): [¹jæːn̪], [¹jæːn̠]

Noun

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járn n

  1. iron

Declension

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood). Cognate with Old English īsern and Old High German isarn.

Noun

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járn n

  1. iron

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: járn
  • Faroese: jarn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarn
  • Jamtish: járn
  • Elfdalian: ienn
  • Old Swedish: iærn, iarn
  • Old Danish: jarn, iærn, iarn
  • Gutnish: jan

References

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press