Erne
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erne¹
- /ɜːn/ UK
- /ɝːn/ US
Sounds like earn, ern, urn · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-West Germanic *arnu (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arnuz (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (whence also Arnold), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird, eagle”).
Cognate with North Frisian Aarn, iarn, jarn (“eagle”), West Frisian earn (“eagle”), Dutch arend (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Low German Arend (“eagle”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ørn (“eagle”), Icelandic and Swedish örn (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon), ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) (whence ornitho-), translingual -ornis, Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”).
noun ernes · earn · ern
- A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Ahoi! come kite! Ahoi! come erne from off the fen!
- An eagle. the bald erne
erne²
- /ɜːn/ UK
- /ɝːn/ US
Sounds like earn, ern, urn · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
verb earn
- To long; to yearn.
Erne³
Where it comes from
From Irish abhainn na hÉirne, An Éirne, from a goddess or population called Érainn, which could be related to Old Irish Ériu (“matron goddess of Ireland”), in which case a doublet of Ireland.
proper noun
- A river in Ireland and Northern Ireland, starting in County Cavan, entering County Fermanagh, and passing through Upper and Lower Lough Erne on its way to the sea in County Donegal.
Erne⁴
Where it comes from
* As an Alemannic German surname, from a short form of Arnold.
* As an English surname, from archaic erne (“eagle”).
proper noun Ernes
- A surname from German.
