ertha

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

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• erda

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