Where does “erstgeboren” come from?
erstgeboren (German) comes from German erste, from Old High German ērist, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
erstgeboren (German): firstborn
Ancestry of “erstgeboren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | erste | first |
| 2 | Old High German | ērist | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |