myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of orelha

Etymology of the Portuguese word orelha

the Portuguese word orelha

derived from the Latin word auricula (external ear; ear; sense of hearing)

derived from the Late Latin word auris (ear; hearing; a discriminating sense of hearing)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ous-

Catalan aurella, Danish öre, Dutch aar, Dutch oor, English ear, French oreille, German Ähre, German Ohr, German Öhr, Gothic auso, Icelandic ax, Icelandic eyra, Italian orecchio, Italian orecchia, Latin auris, Nynorsk öyra, Provençal aurelha, Riksmal öre, Spanish oreja, Swedish ax, Swedish öra, Yiddish ojr