Where does “Erdbeben” come from?

Erdbeben (German) comes from German ërde, from Middle High German ërde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

Erdbeben (German): earthquake

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “Erdbeben”, step by step

Erdbeben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ërde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanërdeearth
2Middle High Germanërdeearth
3Old High GermanerdaThe Earth; earth, ground, soil
4Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
5Proto-Germanicerþōearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via German Beben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBebena quake, shaking or trembling
2Middle High Germanbiben—
3Old High Germanbibēnto tremble
4Proto-Germanicbibānąto tremble, quake, shiver
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰeyH-to beat, strike, hew; to strike; beat; to fear,...

Words derived from “Erdbeben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →