Old Dutch

Noun

ertha f

1. earth

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: aerde, erde, eerde
  • Low Saxon: eerde
    • Dutch: aarde
      • Afrikaans: aarde

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþō, whence also Old English eorþe, Old Dutch ertha, Old Frisian erthe, Old High German erda, Old Norse jǫrð, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 ‎(airþa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrðɑ/

Noun

ertha f

1. earth, ground
   • bran all samað stēn endi erða‎

     The rock burnt all together with the ground

     (Genesis, verse 317)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: êrde
  • German Low German: Eer, Eerd, Ier Ierd