*ēþrǭ

Runic: ᛖᚦᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɛːθ.rɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

vein
rivulet

Etymology

Possibly from pre-Germanic *ēt-ur-ōn from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-r̥ ~ *h₁h₁t-éns (‘lung, internal organ’), from root *h₁eh₁t- (‘to breathe’). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἦτορ (êtor) (êtor, ‘the heart, as the seat of life, passion, desire’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	ēþrǭ	ēþrōniz
Acc.	ēþrōnų	ēþrōnunz
Gen.	ēþrōniz	ēþrōnǫ̂
Dat.	ēþrōni	ēþrōmaz
Inst.	ēþrōnē	ēþrōmiz
Voc.	ēþrǭ	ēþrōniz

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Descendants

*ādrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *āthera (Old Dutch)
  - adere (Middle Dutch)
    - aoder, aor (Limburgish)
*ādrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *āthera (Old Dutch)
  - adere (Middle Dutch)
    - ader, aar, aâr (Dutch)
      - aar (Afrikaans)
*ādrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ǣdre (Old English)
  - edre (Middle English)
*ādrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- eddere, ēdere (Old Frisian)
  - Äddere (Saterland Frisian)
*ādrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ādra, ādara (Old High German)
  - āder (Middle High German)
    - Oder (Central Franconian)
    - Ader (German)
    - Oder (Luxembourgish)
    - אָדער (oder) (Yiddish)
æðr (Old Norse)
- æðr, æður (Faroese)
- æð (Icelandic)
- år, åre (Norwegian)
æðr (Old Norse)
- athræ (Old Danish)
  - åre (Danish)
æðr (Old Norse)
- āþra, ādher (Old Swedish)
  - åder, ådra (Swedish)

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