Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Germanic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Germanic: *írɵō(n), *árɵō
Meaning: earth
Gothic: ɛrɵa f. (ō) `earth'
Old Norse: jɔrδ f. `Erde'
Norwegian: jord
Old Swedish: run. i Aruɵu
Swedish: jord
Danish: jord
Old English: eorɵe, -an f.; eorɵ, -e f. `earth (in opposition to the sea), ground, soil; eart, terrestrial globe'
English: earth
Old Frisian: irthe, erthe, erde
Old Saxon: ertha
Middle Dutch: aerde, eerde
Dutch: aarde f.
Old Franconian: ertha
Middle Low German: ērde
Old High German: erda f. (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: ërde st./wk. f. 'bebautes und bewohntes land; festland, erd-, fussboden; erde als wohnstatt der menschen; erde als stoff'
German: Erde f.
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-got,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-oswed,germet-swed,germet-dan,germet-oengl,germet-engl,germet-ofris,germet-osax,germet-mdutch,germet-dutch,germet-olfrank,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,
Search within this database
Indo-European etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-IE: *er- <PIH *-rH->
Meaning: earth, arable land
Hittite: ? irha- 'border', h.l. irha- 'Grenze, meist pl. fines', luw. irhatt- 'série, cercle', Lyk. ere (?) -- cf. #59, Hitt arha- 'Grenze' usw.
Tokharian: ? B yare 'gravel' (Adams 483, without defin. etymology)
Armenian: erkir `Erde' (k nach erkin `Himmel')
Old Greek: érǟ f. `Erde'; érazde `zur Erde'; polǘēro- 'rich in land' Hsch., acc. eresi-mḗtrēn = tḕn geōmetrían Hsch.
Celtic: MIr ert `Erde, Grund'; es-ert `Mann ohne Grundbesitz'; Cymr erw, pl. erwi, erwydd f. `Feld', Corn erw, ereu `Feld', OBret, Mbret eru `Furche', NBret ero `Furche'
Russ. meaning: земля, пахотная почва
piet-meaning,piet-hitt,piet-tokh,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-germ,piet-celt,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
Search within this database
Pokorny's dictionary :
Search within this database
Number: 499
Root: er-4 (er-t-, er-u̯-)
English meaning: Earth
German meaning: `Erde'
Material: Gr. ἔρᾱ `Erde', ἔρα-ζε `zur Erde' (vielleicht davon ἐράω, s. unten S. 336; mit Zusammendehnung wohl πολύηρος πολυάρουρος, πλούσιος Hes.); ἔνεροι, s. oben S. 312; ἐρεσι-μέτρη γεωμετρίαν Hes.; germ. *erþō in got. aírþa, anord. jǫrð, ahd. (usw.) erda `Erde';
germ. *erō in ahd. ero `Erde';
u̯o-Erw. in anord. jǫrvi (*erwan-) `Sand, Sandbank', und
cymr. erw f. `Feld', Pl. erwi, erwydd, corn. erw, ereu ds., abret. mbret. eru, nbret. ero `Furche' (*eru̯i-);
vielleicht arm. erkir `Erde' (Pedersen KZ. 38, 197), wenn für *erg- (idg. *eru̯-) nach erkin `Himmel'.
References: WP. I 142, Finzenhagen Terminol. 6, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 424.
Pages: 332
pokorny-root,pokorny-meaning,pokorny-ger_mean,pokorny-material,pokorny-ref,pokorny-pages,pokorny-piet,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
| Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | | 312003 | 3983626 |
| Help
|
| StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin |  | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|
