ertha

See also: erða and Ertha

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *erþu.

Noun

ertha f

  1. earth

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: erde
    • Dutch: aarde
      • Afrikaans: aarde
      • Negerhollands: aarde, adu, aerde
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: adu, ard (archaic)
      • → Indonesian: arde
    • Limburgish: aerd, aerj

Further reading
  • “ertha”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrθɑ/, [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
Declension of ertha (feminine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative ertha ertha
accusative ertha ertha
genitive erthō erthanō
dative erthu erthum
instrumental — —


Declension of ertha (feminine n-stem)
singular plural
nominative ertha erthun, erthan, erthon
accusative erthun, erthan, erthon erthun, erthan, erthon
genitive erthun, erthan, erthon erthono
dative erthun, erthan, erthon erthun, erthan, erthon
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: êrde
    • Low German:
      • Dutch Low Saxon: eerde
      • German Low German: Eer, Eerd, Ier, Ierd
      • Westphalian:
        Lippisch: Eren (dative (as in up Eren) and genitive (as in in der Eren Grund))
        Ravensbergisch: Airn
        Sauerländisch: Ēre, Ere, Ǟre, Ēäre
        Westmünsterländisch: Eerde, Eere, Äärde, Ääre, Iärde
    • Plautdietsch: Ead, Ieed
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