Where does “orf” come from?

orf (Middle English) comes from Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic arbī, from Proto-Germanic arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

orf (Middle English): Stock, cattle; farm animals; A group of ovines in...

Definitions

  1. Stock, cattle; farm animals; A group of ovines in...

Ancestry of “orf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishorfcattle, livestock
2Proto-West Germanicarbīinheritance
3Proto-Germanicarbijąheritage, inheritance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

Words derived from “orf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic arbiją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic arbī →