andiron

‘one of the pairs of metallic stands used to support wood burned on an open hearth’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. andirne, aundeiryn, aundiron, awndyrn, andyron < O.F. andier ‘andiron’ < Gaul. andero ‘a young bull’ < M.E. iren < O.E. iren variant (with rhotacism of -s-) of isen < Proto-G. isarn < Ce. isarnon < is-(e)ro ‘powerful, holy’ < ai < eis < Tamil irumpu