Where does “aarde” come from?

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

aarde (Dutch): earth, soil, ground; earth, ground

Definitions

  1. earth, soil, ground; earth, ground

Ancestry of “aarde”, step by step

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

Words derived from “aarde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →