Where does “ears” come from?

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

ears (Old English): butt, arse

Definitions

  1. butt, arse

Ancestry of “ears”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ears”

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