Where does “ertha” come from?

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

ertha (Old Saxon): earth, ground

Definitions

  1. earth, ground

Ancestry of “ertha”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ertha”

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