ertha

See also: erða

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Noun

ertha f

earth

Descendants

Middle Dutch: erde, āerde, ēerde
- Dutch: aarde
  - Afrikaans: aarde
- Limburgish: aerd, aerj

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

erda

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

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:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Airn
    
    Sauerländisch: Ēre, Ere, Ǟre, Ēäre
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Eerde, Eere, Äärde, Ääre, Iärde
- Plautdietsch: Ead

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