Where does “ierþling” come from?

ierþling (Old English) comes from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

ierþling (Old English): farmer, husbandman, ploughman

Definitions

  1. farmer, husbandman, ploughman

Ancestry of “ierþling”, step by step

ierþling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English eorþe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheorþeground; the planet Earth; dirt
2Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
3Proto-Germanicerþōearth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Old English yrþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishyrþplowing

Words derived from “ierþling”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →