Where does “erþu” come from?

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

erþu (Proto-West Germanic): earth, world; earth, soil

Definitions

  1. earth, world; earth, soil

Ancestry of “erþu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicerþōearth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “erþu”

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