Etymology

osar

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Today it means: An esker. Full definition →

Swedish ås ← ['sv ås
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  1. ['sv · borrowed fromås
  2. Swedish · borrowed fromås
  3. English todayosar

Borrowed from Swedish åsar (plural of ås (“ridge, esker”)). Doublet of ose, from the singular.

Words from the same roots

Swedishås all →

osose

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.