Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryInheritance; patrimony. · Stock; cattle.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *arbiją Proto-West Germanic *arbī Old English ierfe Middle English erve English erf From Middle English erve, erfe, from Old English yrfe, ierfe (“heritage, bequest, inheritance, property, inherited property, property that passes to an heir, cattle, livestock”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją (“heritage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”) (whence also *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”)). Cognate with Dutch erf (“inheritance, patrimony, ground, courtyard”), German Erbe (“heritage, legacy, inheritance”), Danish arv (“heritage, inheritance”), Swedish arv (“heritage, inheritance”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 (arbi, “inheritance”), Latin orbus (“orphan”), Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”), Old English ierfa (“heir”). Related to orf. Compare odal and athel.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionerveenm
- Inherited-form mentionyrfeang
- Inherited-form mention*arbīgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*arbijągem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₃erbʰ-ine-pro · to change ownership
- Cognate mentionerfnl
- Cognate mentionErbede
- Cognate mentionarvda
- Cognate mentionarvsv
- Cognate mention𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹got
- Cognate mentionorbusla
- Cognate mentionὀρφανόςgrc
- Cognate mentionierfaang
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