Etymology

Urfirnis

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Today it means: An ancient style of Greek pottery with a glaze-like paint. Full definition →

German Ur
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The story

  1. German · derived fromFirnis
  2. German · derived fromUr
  3. English todayUrfirnis

From German Ur (aurochs) + German Firnis (varnish).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.