English
kier
Kier comes from Old Norse ker ‘tub, vessel, goblet’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *kazą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kazą‘vessel, vat, tub, barrel’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350ker‘tub, vessel, goblet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1934kier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kazą‘vessel, vat, tub, barrel’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350ker‘tub, vessel, goblet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1934kier
Earliest quotation: 1934, Harry Bennett, Do-It-Yourself: “The oil is added to the saturated liquor, which…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw, toss, raise, bring up’
Today it means
noun A bleaching vat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kazą / kier