eisern

Signification (Anglais)

  1. iron, ironclad, made of iron
  2. (figuratively) staunch, unyielding

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈaɪ̯zɐn/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle High German īseren, īserīn, from Old High German īsarnīn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarnīnaz. Equivalent to Eiser (“iron”), older variant of Eisen + -en. Now reanalysable as Eisen (“iron”) + -ern, but historically eisern is itself one of the words that contributed to the development of this extended suffix -ern (see there).

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