eyre etymology

Middle English word eyre comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (Egg.), Proto-Indo-European *ojóm

Detailed word origin of eyre

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Egg.
*ojóm Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*ajjan Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*ajją Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Egg.
ǣġ Old English (ang)
ǣġru Old English (ang)
eyre Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as eyre

Descendants of *h₂ōwyóm
cokeney egge eggen ei ey eyren hei hey