Where does “ærlig” come from?

ærlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse ærligr, from Middle Low German erlich, from Old High German ērlīh, from Proto-Germanic *aiʀulīk.

ærlig (Norwegian Bokmål): honest

Definitions

  1. honest

Ancestry of “ærlig”, step by step

ærlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse ærligr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseærligr—
2Middle Low Germanerlich—
3Old High Germanērlīh—
4Proto-Germanic*aiʀulīk—

via Middle Low German ehrlich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanehrlich—

Words derived from “ærlig”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *aiʀulīk →Every word from Old High German ērlīh →Every word from Middle Low German erlich →