Where does “beërven” come from?

beërven (Dutch) comes from Dutch erven, from Middle Dutch erven, from Proto-West Germanic arbijan, from Proto-Germanic arbijaną, from Proto-Germanic arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

beërven (Dutch): to inherit, to acquire through inheritance

Definitions

  1. to inherit, to acquire through inheritance

Ancestry of “beërven”, step by step

beërven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch erven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchervento inherit; plural of erf
2Middle Dutchervento bequeath; to grant, to assign; to grant a...
3Proto-West Germanicarbijan
4Proto-Germanicarbijanąto inherit
5Proto-Germanicarbijąheritage, inheritance
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

via Dutch be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-
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