ærbete (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German arvêd, from Old Saxon arvēd, from Proto-West Germanic arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Ancestry of “ærbete”, step by step
ærbete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.