Old English · noun
wir
Normalised wīr
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /wiːr/
- Syllables
- wiːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wirebotanymyrtle
Meaning
-
wire
-
myrtle
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīraz. Cognate with Middle Low German wīre, and related to late Old Norse víravirki (“filigree work”), Old High German wiara.
Descendants
wire
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