Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aurijazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aurijaz
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Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008Altnordisches Etymologisches WörterbuchJande VriesBrill1977Öre—förslag till en alternativ etymologiBoRuthströmArkiv för nordisk filologi 10893–1211993aureusgold coineyrirounce, unit of value*h₂e-h₂us-o-glowaurarounces, units of valueAureusgold coinaurumgold
nounmasculineja-steman ounce, especially a unit of weight for precious metala unit of value or currency; moneyTraditionally regarded as borrowed from Latin aureus, whence Old Norse eyrir, plural aurarde Vries 1977: 108. Aureus is derived from aurum, from Proto-Italic *auso- < Proto-Indo-European *h₂e-h₂us-o-de Vaan 2008: 63. This derivation is disputed: the singular and plural reflect different stem formations (ija-stem eyrir beside apparently a-stem aurar), and the Scandinavian ounce of 26.8 g corresponds closely to the Roman uncia, not to the much lighter aureusRuthström 1993: 93–98. Ruthström instead derives aurar from an old Germanic r-extension related to *audaz, with eyrir formed secondarily from it, but acknowledges that the proposed semantic development remains hypothetical Ruthström 1993: 100–101, 117–18.