jór

See also: jor, JOR, and Jor.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse jór, from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jouːr/
    Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

jór m (genitive singular jós, nominative plural jóar)

  1. (poetic) horse

Declension
declension of jór
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jór jórinn jóar jóarnir
accusative jó jóinn jóa jóana
dative jó jónum jóum jóunum
genitive jós jósins jóa jóanna

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, whence also Old Saxon ehu, Old English eoh, Old High German ehu, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐍃 (aihws). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”), whence also Latin equus, Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos) Old Irish ech (Irish each), Tocharian A yuk, Tocharian B yakwe, Avestan aspa-, Proto-Balto-Slavic *ečwā- (Lithuanian ašvà), Sanskrit अश्व (áśva).

Noun

jór m

  1. (poetic) horse, stallion

Descendants
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