Yoïn van SpijkMar 14

The origin of the word ‘iron’ is shrouded in mystery.

It comes from a Proto-Germanic word that was most probably borrowed from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, the ancestor of Irish ‘iarann’. The Celts were skilful metal workers during the Iron Age.

However, tracing *īsarnom further back has proven to be hard.

My new graphic shows four hypotheses, as well as the many descendants of *īsarnom in Celtic and Germanic:

Show threadLeen KievitMar 14
@yvanspijk In mijn Zeeuwse moederdialect (Yerseke) is het ook 'iezder'
Show threadYoïn van Spijk
@lnkvt Aha, mooi! :) Waarschijnlijk ontstaan uit 'isre', net zoals 'donre' 'donder' is geworden.
Mar 14 at 10:48pmWeb
Show threadSamira VerheesMar 16
@yvanspijk @lnkvt ha, ik wou net vragen waar die d's en t's op sommige plekken vandaan komen, want op het eiland Tholen zeggen we ook iezder.