Etymology

eyren

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Middle English eyren ← Old English ǣġru
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromǣġru“eggs”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromeyren
  3. English todayeyren

From Middle English eyren, alteration of earlier eyre (“eggs”), from Old English ǣġru (“eggs”), plural of ǣġ (“egg”), equivalent to ey + -ren. Compare Dutch eieren (“eggs”), German Eier (“eggs”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.