Etymograph

English

oyra

Oyra comes from Faroese oyra, and goes back to Old Norse eyrir ‘an ounce’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350eyrir1‘an ounce’
  2. Faroesemodernoyra1
  3. Englishtodayoyra1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English oyra

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350eyrirWiktionary, English oyra‘an ounce’
  2. FaroesemodernoyraWiktionary, English oyra
  3. EnglishtodayoyraWiktionary, English oyra

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’

air, east, plane, aerial, exhaust, malaria, aurora, aria, aero, aura, austral, 61 more

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, aurum, 18 more

through Latin aureus ‘made of gold, golden’

aureus, aurelia, oriel, oriole, 5 more

Today it means

noun A subdenomination of the Faroese króna.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “oyra”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old Norse eyrir / oyra

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