Where does “erdhej” come from?
erdhej (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish erd, from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.
erdhej (Kurdish): earthquake
Ancestry of “erdhej”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Northern Kurdish | erd | Earth; ground, earth |
| 2 | Arabic | أَرْض | earth; ground, soil |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʾarṣ́- | — |