einir

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjnɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -aiːjnɪɹ

einir m

1. masculine nominative plural of ein

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːnɪr/
• Rhymes: -eiːnɪr

From Old Norse einir, ultimately from Latin jūniperus. Cognate with Faroese eini(ber), Danish ene, Swedish en, Norwegian eine.

einir m (genitive singular einis, no plural)

1. juniper (Juniperus communis)

• einiber

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

einir

1. nominative masculine plural of einn (“one”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

einir

1. nominative masculine plural of einn (“alone”)

Disputed:

• Traditionally, and according to most sources, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainijaz^[1] or *jainijaz,^[2] perhaps further from a Proto-Indo-European acrostatic n-stem noun *h₁óy-n- ~ *h₁éy-n-s (via collective(?) thematic derivative *h₁oy-n-yo-). Classical Latin iūniperus and (barely identified) Hittite 𒂊𒅀𒀭 (e-i̯a-an /⁠ei̯an-⁠/, “(a kind of) evergreen tree (yew?)”) are often compared, though assigning Proto-Indo-European precursors is difficult and may rather give way to substrate origin.
• Given the asynchronisms of the above, alternatively the Old Norse was borrowed from Vulgar Latin, via a form *jēniperus whence attested ziniperus (perhaps specifically a Western Romance form like *jēniberus, with /b/ for /p/), reinterpreted as a compound with ber (“berry”) for the juniper berry.^[3] In this case, the apparent West Germanic cognates, limited to Middle Low German *eyni (known from various derivatives) and Middle High German *eine (modern German Einbeer-baum), are simply borrowings from Old Norse or one of its descendants.

einir m (genitive einis)

1. juniper

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “einir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107; also available at the Internet Archive