Where does “orf” come from?

orf (English) comes from Middle English orf, from Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic arbī, from Proto-Germanic arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

orf (English): Cattle; An exanthemous disease caused by a...

Definitions

  1. Cattle; An exanthemous disease caused by a...

Ancestry of “orf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishorfStock, cattle; farm animals; A group of ovines in...
2Old Englishorfcattle, livestock
3Proto-West Germanicarbīinheritance
4Proto-Germanicarbijąheritage, inheritance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- →