Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁er-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*h₁er-

1. earth

See also

• *h₂erh₃-
• *h₁erh₂-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁er-‎ (4 c, 0 e)

• *h₁érteh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *erþō (“earth, ground, soil”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *ā̆ur(V)n
    • Albanian: varr
  • Balto-Slavic (uncertain):
    • Lithuanian: érdvė
  • Celtic:
    • Welsh: erw (“field”) (or < *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”))
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: *ἔρα (*éra) in ἔραζε (éraze, “on the ground”) and compounds
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian B: āre

Further reading

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 174
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122