Where does “eorþien” come from?

eorþien (Middle English) comes from Middle English eorþe, from Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

eorþien (Middle English): to bury, dig

Definitions

  1. to bury, dig

Ancestry of “eorþien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglisheorþeAlternative form of erthe; earth
2Middle EnglishertheEarth; the world; The Earth's people or...
3Old Englisheorþeground; the planet Earth; dirt
4Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
5Proto-Germanicerþōearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “eorþien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →