Ëërde

See also: eerde

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German erda, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. Cognate with German Erde, Dutch aarde, English earth, Swedish jord. Also related to Albanian varr (“grave”), Lithuanian erdvė (“space”).

Noun

Ëërde f (Uri)

1. earth, soil, ground
2. Earth (planet)

Derived terms

• Ërdbebme

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 10.