Where does “aardwolf” come from?

aardwolf (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans aarde, from Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch erde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

aardwolf (Afrikaans): aardwolf

Definitions

  1. aardwolf

Ancestry of “aardwolf”, step by step

aardwolf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans aarde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansaardeEarth; earth, ground, soil
2Dutchaardeearth, soil, ground; earth, ground
3Middle Dutcherdethe Earth; soil, ground
4Old Dutcherthaearth
5Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
6Proto-Germanicerþōearth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Afrikaans wolf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanswolfwolf
2DutchWolfLupus
3Middle Dutchwolfwolf, grey wolf
4Old Dutchwulfwolf
5Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
6Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “aardwolf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →
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