einir

== Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaiːnɪɹ/ Rhymes: -aiːnir === Article === einir m masculine nominative plural of ein == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈeiːnɪr] Rhymes: -eiːnɪr === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse einir, ultimately from Latin jūniperus. Cognate with Faroese eini(ber), Danish ene, Swedish en, Norwegian eine. ==== Noun ==== einir m (genitive singular einis, no plural) juniper (Juniperus communis) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== einiber === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Numeral ==== einir nominative masculine plural of einn (“one”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== einir nominative masculine plural of einn (“alone”) == Old Norse == === Etymology === Disputed: Traditionally, and according to most sources, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainijaz or *jainijaz, perhaps further from a Proto-Indo-European acrostatic n-stem noun *h₁óy-n- ~ *h₁éy-n-s (via collective(?) thematic derivative *h₁oy-n-yo-). Classical Latin iūniperus and (barely identified) Hittite 𒂊𒅀𒀭 (e-i̯a-an /⁠ei̯an-⁠/, “(a kind of) evergreen tree (yew?)”) are often compared, though assigning Proto-Indo-European precursors is difficult and may rather give way to substrate origin. Given the asynchronisms of the above, alternatively the Old Norse was borrowed from Vulgar Latin, via a form *jēniperus whence attested ziniperus (perhaps specifically a Western Romance form like *jēniberus, with /b/ for /p/), reinterpreted as a compound with ber (“berry”) for the juniper berry. In this case, the apparent West Germanic cognates, limited to Middle Low German *eyni (known from various derivatives) and Middle High German *eine (modern German Einbeer-baum), are simply borrowings from Old Norse or one of its descendants. === Noun === einir m (genitive einis) juniper ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “einir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107; also available at the Internet Archive