Icelandic

Noun

jór m

1. (poetic) horse

Declension

Synonyms

• (horse): fákur, hestur, hross

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, whence also Old Saxon ehu, Old English eoh, Old High German ehu, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐍃 ‎(aihws). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos ‎(“horse”), whence also Latin equus, Ancient Greek ἵππος ‎(híppos) Old Irish ech (Irish each), Tocharian A yuk, Tocharian B yakwe, Avestan aspa-, Proto-Baltic *ečwā- (Lithuanian ašvà), Sanskrit अश्व ‎(áśva).

Noun

jór m

1. (poetic) horse, stallion

Descendants

• Icelandic: jór