Where does “eer” come from?
eer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic airi, from Proto-Germanic airiz, from Proto-Germanic airi — early.
Ancestry of “eer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | ēr | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | airi | early |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | airiz | earlier, before; comparative degree of *airi |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | airi | early |