Where does “ærs” come from?

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

ærs (Old English): Alternative form of ears

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of ears

Ancestry of “ærs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ærs”

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