einir

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Article

einir m

1. masculine nominative plural of ein

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

einir m (genitive singular einis, no plural)

1. juniper (Juniperus communis)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	einir	einirinn
accusative	eini	eininn
dative	eini	eininum
genitive	einis	einisins

Declension of einir (sg-only masculine)

Derived terms

• einiber

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Numeral

einir

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

einir

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

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin ziniperus (perhaps via a Western Romance form with /b/ for /p/) understood as a compound with ber (“berry”) for the juniper berry,^[1] although a reconstructed Proto-Germanic *ainijaz^[2] or *jainijaz^[3] from a Proto-Indo-European acrostatic n-stem noun *h₁óy-n- ~ *h₁éy-n-s, collective formation *h₁oy-n-yo-, has been fancied with reference to the (itself deemed borrowed) Classical Latin iūniperus and (barely identified) Hittite 𒂊𒅀𒀭 (e-i̯a-an /⁠ei̯an-⁠/, “(a kind of) evergreen tree (yew?)”).

Noun

einir m (genitive einis)

1. juniper

Declension

Declension of einir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	einir	einirinn	einar	einarnir
accusative	eini	eininn	eina	einana
dative	eini	eininum	einum	einunum
genitive	einis	einisins	eina	einanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: einir
• Faroese: eini
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eine, einer
• Norwegian Bokmål: einer
• Elfdalian: ien, iene
• Old Swedish: ēn, ēne
  • Swedish: en, ene
• Danish: ene, ener
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ener

References

1. This was already understood by Karl Schiller and August Lübben in their 1875 Middle Low German dictionary page 639. We link the Middle Low German forms at the Swedish entry as its descendants.
2. Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ainja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
3. Vladimir Orel (2003) “*jainjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “einir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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