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(Inglese)

ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore

Etimologia (Inglese)

Preso in prestito da basso tedesco: Uur

Affine irlandese: úir

In summary

Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”).

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