Eisenhower
‘iron-cutter, iron-hewer’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
G. eisenhauer ‘iron-cutter, iron-hewer’ < M.E. iren < O.E. isen < Proto-G. isarn < Ce. isarnon + hew < is-(e)ro ‘powerful, holy’ < ai < eis < Tamil irumpu
Eisenhower
‘iron-cutter, iron-hewer’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
G. eisenhauer ‘iron-cutter, iron-hewer’ < M.E. iren < O.E. isen < Proto-G. isarn < Ce. isarnon + hew < is-(e)ro ‘powerful, holy’ < ai < eis < Tamil irumpu
English words derived from Tamil irumpu connoting 'iron'