Where does “erthe” come from?

erthe (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

erthe (Old Frisian): earth

Definitions

  1. earth

Ancestry of “erthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
2Proto-Germanicerþōearth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “erthe”

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