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Where does “jørð” come from?

jørð (Faroese) comes from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

jørð (Faroese): earth

Definitions

  1. earth

Ancestry of “jørð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsejǫrðearth
2Proto-Germanicerþōearth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “jørð”

  • jarðfrøði
  • jarðarskorpa
  • jarðskjálvti
  • jarðarkjarni
  • jørðepli
  • jarðnøt
  • jarðber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →