Where does “ehrlich” come from?

ehrlich (German) comes from Middle Low German erlich, from Old High German ērlīh, from Proto-Germanic *aiʀulīk.

ehrlich (German): honest

Definitions

  1. honest

Ancestry of “ehrlich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanerlich—
2Old High Germanērlīh—
3Proto-Germanic*aiʀulīk—

Words derived from “ehrlich”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *aiʀulīk →Every word from Old High German ērlīh →Every word from Middle Low German erlich →