Where does “ers” come from?

ers (Middle English) comes from Old English ears, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

ers (Middle English): Alternative form of ars

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of ars

Ancestry of “ers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishearsbutt, arse
2Proto-West Germanicarsarse, anus, buttocks
3Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse

Words derived from “ers”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ars →