járn

See also: jarn and järn

Icelandic

Chemical element
Fe
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Etymology

From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jau(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/
    Rhymes: -aurtn

Noun

járn n (genitive singular járns, nominative plural járn)

  1. iron

Declension

Declension of járn (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative járn járnið járn járnin
accusative járn járnið járn járnin
dative járni járninu járnum járnunum
genitive járns járnsins járna járnanna

Derived terms

See also

Jamtish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood).

Pronunciation

  • (Hammerdal, Ström) IPA(key): [¹jaːn̪]
  • (Berg, Klövsjö, Rätan) IPA(key): [¹jaːn̠]
  • (Most dialects) IPA(key): [¹jæːn̪], [¹jæːn̠]

Noun

járn n

  1. iron

Declension

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood). Cognate with Old English īsern and Old High German isarn.

Noun

járn n

  1. iron

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ísarn, járn
  • Faroese: jarn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarn
  • Jamtish: járn
  • Elfdalian: ienn
  • Old Swedish: iærn, iarn
  • Old Danish: jarn, iærn, iarn
  • Gutnish: jan

Further reading

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