dear

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/dɪə/

Geërf van Middle English

Geërf van Old English

Verwante met Skots

Verwante met Saterfriesisch

Verwante met Nederlands

Verwante met Duits

Verwante met Deens

Verwante met Sweeds

Verwante met Noors

Verwante met Yslands

Verwante met Jiddisj

Geërf van Old English

In summary

From Middle English dere, from Old English dīere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), German Low German düür, Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Yiddish טייַער (tayer, “precious, expensive”).