Where does “earn” come from?

earn (Middle English) comes from Old English earn, from Proto-Germanic arô, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

Ancestry of “earn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishearneagle
2Proto-Germanicarôeagle
3Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic arô →Every word from Old English earn →