Where does “erpf” come from?

erpf (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *erpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ-.

erpf (Old High German): brown

Definitions

  1. brown

Ancestry of “erpf”, 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 →