Where does “er” come from?

er (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ér, from Old Norse es, from Proto-Germanic īz, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

er (Icelandic): first-person singular indicative present of vera;...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular indicative present of vera;...

Ancestry of “er”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseér"nom. pl." to ‘þú’, ye
2Old Norseesthat; is; as
3Proto-Germanicīzhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
4Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

Words derived from “er”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Germanic īz →Every word from Old Norse es →