myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of oreja

Etymology of the Spanish word oreja

the Spanish word oreja

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, Portuguese orelha, Provençal aurelha, Riksmal öre, Swedish ax, Swedish öra, Yiddish ojr