Erne Definition
(chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
- ern
- Haliatus albicilla
- white-tailed-sea-eagle
- European sea eagle
- gray sea eagle
- grey sea eagle
Other Word Forms of Erne
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Origin of Erne
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From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”), from Proto-Indo-European *or- (“large bird, eagle”). Cognate with Dutch and Low German arend (“eagle”), Danish ørn (“eagle”), Swedish örn (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (orneon), ὄρνις (órneon, órnis, “bird”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ern eagle from Old English earn or- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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