Where does “erdhej” come from?

erdhej (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish erd, from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.

erdhej (Kurdish): earthquake

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “erdhej”, step by step

erdhej traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish erd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern KurdisherdEarth; ground, earth
2Arabicأَرْضearth; ground, soil
3Proto-Semiticʾarṣ́-—

via Northern Kurdish hej

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishhej—
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́- →Every word from Arabic أَرْض →Every word from Northern Kurdish erd →