Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “jordskælv” come from?

jordskælv (Danish) comes from Danish jord, from Old Danish [[iorþ]], [[iorth]], from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

jordskælv (Danish): earthquake

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “jordskælv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishjordearth; dirt, soil; ground
2Old Danish[[iorþ]], [[iorth]]—
3Old Norsejǫrðearth
4Proto-Germanicerþōearth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →