oer

Meaning

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

Concepts

bog iron ore

Synonyms

ijzeroer

Translations

Raseneisenerz

Raseneisenstein

limonite

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German: Uur

Cognate with Irish: 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”).