An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ohr

by Friedrich Kluge

Ohr, n., from the equiv. MidHG. ôre, ôr, n., OHG. ôra, n., ‘ear’; corresponding terms are found in all the Teut. languages; OSax. ôra, Du. oor, AS. eáre, n., E. ear, OIc. eyra (with mutation on account of r, equiv. to Goth. and Teut. z), Goth. ausô, n., ‘ear.’ Like many other terms for parts of the body (comp. Fuß, Herz, Nagel, Niere, &c.), this word occurs also in other Aryan languages, Lat. auris for *ausis (to which aus-cultare is akin, see hören), Gr. οὖς (from *οῦσος), gen. ὦτός from (οὐσατός, allied to an n- stem like the Teut. cognates), OSlov. ucho (gen. ušese), n., ‘ear,’ from ausos (with the dual uši), Lith. ausis. Comp. the following word.