different between mooc vs oer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *?ra, *?ra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)w?r-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”).

Pronunciation

Noun

oer n (uncountable)

1. ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore

Synonyms

• ijzeroer

Derived terms

• oerbank

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Old Irish úar), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ew?- (compare Old Armenian ??? (oyc)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /o???r/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?i?r/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /o?r/

Adjective

oer (feminine singular oer, plural oerion, equative oered, comparative oerach, superlative oeraf)

1. cold

Derived terms

• oeri (“to cool, to get cold”)
• oerfel (“cold”)

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian over, from Proto-Germanic *uber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u??r/

Preposition

oer

1. over, across

2. about, concerning

3. on, upon

Derived terms

Further reading

• “oer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Preposition

oer

1. Alternative form of ower