ur.
out of, (out) from
Meaning & usage
out of, (out) from
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse ór, úr, from Proto-Germanic *uz.
prominent (windy) precipitation (rain, hail, sleet, snow), bad weather involving precipitation, light storm; today mainly in the compound urväder (ur weather), or regionally, like the Gotlandic compound: starur ("starling ur": precipitation that occurs at the time in spring when the starlings return; precipitation in March)
snowfall combined with (strong) wind, blustery and profuse snowfall; snow flurry; today mainly in the compound urväder (ur weather), also the form yrväder; also the related compound snöyra (snow ur)
name of the rune ᚢ (u)
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish ūr, Old Norse úr, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”), in which case related to Latin urina. Rare except for the fixed phrase ur och skur.
watch, clock (usually a mechanical one, and when greater emphasis is put on the mechanism)
Where this word comes from
From German Uhr, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
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