Where does “Aart” come from?
Aart (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German art, from Proto-West Germanic ard, from Proto-Germanic ardiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
Aart (Luxembourgish): kind, sort, type; species
Definitions
- kind, sort, type; species
Ancestry of “Aart”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | art | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | ard | native place |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ardiz | characteristic; inborn quality; nature;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |