Words that come from Proto-Indo-European er-

133 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European er- — including earnest, Ernest, Ernst, earnestness, overearnest, earnester, earnesty, overearnestly.

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German (41)

Norwegian Bokmål (14)

English (12)

Proto-Germanic (6)

Danish (5)

Swedish (4)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

Old High German (3)

Icelandic (3)

Latvian (3)

Old English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old Saxon (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (2)

West Frisian (1)

Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Cebuano (1)

Esperanto (1)

Italian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

German Low German (1)

Gothic (1)

Spanish (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Norse (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Occitan (1)

French (1)

Frankish (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European er- — 133 descendants | Etymology Explorer