Where does “eorp” come from?

eorp (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *erpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ-.

eorp (Old English): dark, dusky

Definitions

  1. dark, dusky

Ancestry of “eorp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*erpazlight brown, brown
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁erbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *erpaz →