Where does “ers” come from?

ers (Scots) comes from Middle English ers, from Old English ears, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

ers (Scots): arse, buttocks

Definitions

  1. arse, buttocks

Ancestry of “ers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishersAlternative form of ars
2Old Englishearsbutt, arse
3Proto-West Germanicarsarse, anus, buttocks
4Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ars →