ai̯os-

    ai̯os-

    English meaning: “metal (copper; iron)”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Metall”, under zw. probably “Kupfer (“brandfarbig?”), Bronze”; im Arischen also “Eisen”

    Note: Root ai̯os- : “metal (copper; iron)” derived from Root eis-1 : “to move rapidly, *weapon, iron”.

    Material: O.Ind. áyas- n., Av. ayaŋh- n. “metal, iron”; Lat. aes, g. aeris; Goth. aiz (Proto-Gmc. *a(i̯)iz- = IE *ai̯es-) “ copper ore, and the alloy of copper, bronze. Transf., anything made of bronze; a vessel, statue, trumpet, kettle “, O.H.G. ēr “ore”, O.N. eir n. “ore, copper”. thereof Av. ayaŋhaēna- “ metallic, iron “, Lat. aēnus (*ai̯es-no- = Umbr. ahesnes “ of copper, of bronze “), aēneus, O.E. ǣren, O.S. O.H.G. M.H.G. ērīn, Ger. ēren (ehern). despite Pokorny KZ. 46, 292 f. is not IE ai̯os old borrowing from Ajasja, older Aɫas(ja), the old name of Cyprus, as Lat. cuprum : Κύπρος, there according to D. Davis (BSA. 30, 74-86, 1932) the copper pits were tackled in Cyprus only in late Mycenaean time.

    Note: Ajasja, older Aɫas(ja) (Cyprus) : Hittite PN Wilusa (Gk. reading Ilios) [common phonetic mutation of the old laryngeal ḫ- > a-, i-] : Gaul. Isarno- PN, Ven. FlN “Iσάρας, later Īsarcus, Ger. Eisack (Tirol); urIr. PN I(s)aros, O.Ir. Īär, balkanIllyr. iser, Messap. isareti (Krahe IF. 46, 184 f.); Celt. FlN Isarü, Ger. Isar, Iser, Fr. Isère; *Isiü, Fr. Oise; *Isurü, Eng. Ure, etc. (Pokorny Urillyrier 114 f., 161); Ger. FlN Ill, Illach, Iller, Ltv. FlN Isline, Islīcis, wRuss. Isɫa, Alb. VN Illyrii. Here Lat. aestimō, old aestumō “ to appraise, rate, estimate the value of; to assess the damages in a lawsuit; in a wider sense, to value a thing or person; hence, in gen., to judge “, Denomin. from *ais-temos “ he cuts the ore “ (to temnō).

    References: WP. I 4, WH. I, 19, 20, Feist 31.

    See also: To ü̆i-4 “ burn “?