This adjective that means weirdly frightening comes from Old English for "cowardly"
[DOC] [TLE] What is eerie - Sesli Szlk [PAR] Definition of eerie in English Turkish dictionary ... fearful, timid  strange, weird, 
fear-inspiring The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after... [DOC] [TLE] free expressions meanings, words, phrases origins and derivations [PAR] The Old French word is derived from Latin 'amare' meaning 'to love'.