Where does “ערדאַרבעטער” come from?

ערדאַרבעטער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ערד, from Middle High German ërde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

ערדאַרבעטער (Yiddish): farmer

Definitions

  1. farmer

Ancestry of “ערדאַרבעטער”, step by step

ערדאַרבעטער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ערד

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishערדEarth; the ground; earth; soil
2Middle High Germanërdeearth
3Old High GermanerdaThe Earth; earth, ground, soil
4Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
5Proto-Germanicerþōearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Yiddish אַרבעטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַרבעטערworker; laborer
2Middle High Germanarbeiterday laborer; craftsman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →