Where does “Arbeit” come from?

Arbeit (German) comes from Middle High German arbeit, from Old High German arbeit, from Proto-West Germanic arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

Arbeit (German): toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued...

Definitions

  1. toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued...

Ancestry of “Arbeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanarbeit—
2Old High Germanarbeit—
3Proto-West Germanicarbaiþihardship
4Proto-Germanicarbaidizlabour, work, toil; hardship, suffering
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

Words derived from “Arbeit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz →
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