oor
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch oor (“ear”), from Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.
NounEdit
oor (plural ore)
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch over, from Middle Dutch over, from Old Dutch *ovar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo.
PrepositionEdit
oor
Alternative formsEdit
ConjunctionEdit
oor
SynonymsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare German Ohr, West Frisian ear, English ear, Danish øre.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
oor n (plural oren, diminutive oortje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Dutch Low SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Low German Ohr
NounEdit
oor
See alsoEdit
- German Low German: Or
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English houre (or via Anglo-Norman), from Latin hōra. Certainly did not descend from Old Irish úar, but both the Manx and Old Irish terms are ultimately from the same source.
NounEdit
oor f (genitive singular oor, plural ooryn)
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English hour
NounEdit
oor (plural oors)
PronounEdit
oor
SolonEdit
NounEdit
oor
ReferencesEdit
- Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.
YolaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar.
DeterminerEdit
oor
- our
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Sank Joan is oor brover.
- St. John is our brother.
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 28 & 60