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Where does “aardschok” come from?

aardschok (Dutch) comes 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.

aardschok (Dutch): earthquake, quake, temblor, seism; tremor, earth...

Definitions

  1. earthquake, quake, temblor, seism; tremor, earth...

Ancestry of “aardschok”, step by step

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