Where does “erthe” come from?

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

erthe (Middle English): Earth; the world; The Earth's people or...

Definitions

  1. Earth; the world; The Earth's people or...

Ancestry of “erthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheorþeground; the planet Earth; dirt
2Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
3Proto-Germanicerþōearth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “erthe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-