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Ireland's Eye
Ireland's Eye comes from Old Norse ey ‘island’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *awjō ‘floodplain’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*awjō‘floodplain’reconstructed
- Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CE*aujutransliteratedrunes *ᚨᚢᛃᚢreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350ey‘island’
- EnglishtodayIreland's Eye
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*awjō‘floodplain’reconstructed
- Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CE*aujutransliteratedrunes *ᚨᚢᛃᚢreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350ey‘island’
- EnglishtodayIreland's Eye
The story
"Eye" is from Old Norse ey (‘island’).
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *awjō ‘floodplain’
Today it means
name A small island in the Irish Sea north of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, long uninhabited but visited by day trippers (Irish grid ref O2841).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *awjō / Ireland's Eye