Where does “erd” come from?
erd (Northern Kurdish) comes from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.
erd (Northern Kurdish): Earth; ground, earth
Ancestry of “erd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | أَرْض | earth; ground, soil |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | ʾarṣ́- | — |