oer

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === oer n (uncountable, no diminutive) ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore ==== Synonyms ==== ijzeroer ==== Derived terms ==== oerbank === References === Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === oer alternative form of ore (“ore”) == Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Old Irish úar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /oːɨ̯r/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔi̯r/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /oːr/ Rhymes: -oːɨ̯r === Adjective === oer (feminine singular oer, plural oerion, equative oered, comparative oerach, superlative oeraf) cold ==== Derived terms ==== iasoer (“chilly”) oeri (“to cool, to get cold”) oerfel (“cold”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “oer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian over, from Proto-Germanic *uber. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uə̯r/ === Preposition === oer over, across about, concerning on, upon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “oer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 == Yola == === Preposition === oer alternative form of ower === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60