ertha

See also: erða and Ertha

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *erþu.

Noun

ertha f

earth

Inflection

Declension of ertha (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ertha	ertha, erthon
accusative	ertha, erthon	ertha, erthon
genitive	erthon	erthono
dative	erthon	erthon

Descendants

Middle Dutch: erde
- Dutch: aarde, aard
  - 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

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): /ˈɛr.θɑ/, [ˈɛr.ðɑ]

Noun

ertha f

earth, ground
bran all samað stēn endi erða
The rock burnt all together with the ground
(Genesis, verse 317)

Declension

**ertha** (feminine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	ertha	ertha
accusative	ertha	ertha
genitive	erthō	erthanō
dative	erthu	erthum
instrumental	—	—

**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: ērde
- Low German: Erde
  - Dutch Low Saxon: eerde
  - German Low German: Eer, Eerd, Eerde, Ier, Ierd, Ierde
  - 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