Where does “erldom” come from?

erldom (Middle English) comes from Old English eorldōm, from Old English -dōm, from Proto-West Germanic -dōm, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

erldom (Middle English): A county or earldom; a region supervised or ruled...

Definitions

  1. A county or earldom; a region supervised or ruled...

Ancestry of “erldom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheorldōmearldom
2Old English-dōm-dom: state, condition, power, dominion,...
3Proto-West Germanic-dōm—
4Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “erldom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →