English
øre
Øre comes from Danish øre ‘a currency unit worth one hundredth of a krone’, and goes back to Old Norse eyrir.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350eyrir
- Old Danishmodernøræ
- Danishmodernøre‘a currency unit worth one hundredth of a krone’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350eyrir
- Old Danishmodernøræ
- Danishmodernøre‘a currency unit worth one hundredth of a krone’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’
air, east, plane, aerial, exhaust, aurora, malaria, aura, aria, aero, austral, 62 more
through Latin aurum ‘gold’
through Latin aureus ‘a Roman coin’
Today it means
noun A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Norwegian and Danish krone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse eyrir / øre