eisarno-

iron, Irish iarann, Middle Irish iarund, Old Irish iarn, Welsh haiarn, hearn, Cornish hoern, Old Breton hoiarn, Breton houarn, Gaulish isarnodori, ferrei ostii: *eisarno-; Gothic eisarn, Old High German isarn, German eisen, English iron (all borrowed from Celtic according to Brugmann, Stokes, etc.). Shräder regards the eis or îs of eisarno- as only a different vowel-scale form of Indo-European ayos, ayes-, metal, whence Latin aes, English ore.

(M`L. & D.), furniture; Irish áirneis, cattle, goods, etc., Middle Irish airnis, tools, furniture. The word can hardly be separated from the Romance arnese, accotrements, armour, whence English harness, armour for man or horse. The word is originally of Brittonic origin (Breton harnez, armour), from *eisarno-, iron; See iarunn.

(M`L. & D.), furniture; Irish áirneis, cattle, goods, etc., Middle Irish airnis, tools, furniture. The word can hardly be separated from the Romance arnese, accotrements, armour, whence English harness, armour for man or horse. The word is originally of Brittonic origin (Breton harnez, armour), from *eisarno-, iron; See iarunn.