Words that come from Proto-Germanic “erlaz”

27 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-Germanic erlaz — including Earl, earl, jarl, Erle, eorl, jarldom, earlship, jarl.

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English (7)

Middle English (3)

Icelandic (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Russian (1)

Faroese (1)

Macedonian (1)

Welsh (1)

Cornish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old English (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Irish (1)

Proto-Norse (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Finnish (1)