Erbe
German (Berlin)
/ˈɛrbə/
noun
Definitions
- inheritance; heritage; legacy; bequest property that is bequeathed and inherited
- (figurative) heritage anything that is passed down from preceding generations, e.g. genes, values, attitudes, traditions, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German erbe (heritage) inherited from Old High German erbi inherited from *arbī inherited from Proto-Germanic *arbiją (heritage) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃erbʰ-
Gloss
change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deorphanized English
- erf English
- erfkin English
- nonorphan English
- orphan English
- orphan star English
- orphanage English
- orphanarium English
- orphancy English
- orphandom English
- orphanhood English
- orphanism English
- orphanity English
- orphanize English
- orphanlike English
- orphanry English
- orphanship English
- robo- English
- robotic English
- Orpheus Latin
- orbus Latin
- orphanus Latin
- - m German
- Erbfeind German
- Erbfolge German
- Erbgut German
- Erbin German
- Erbland German
- Erbobergespan German
- Erbobergespann German
- Erbpacht German
- Erbrecht German
- Erbschleicher German
- Erbteil German
- Erbwort German
- Feind German
- Folge German
- Gespan German
- Gespann German
- Gut German
- Kultur German
- Kulturerbe German
- Land German
- Natur German
- Naturerbe German
- Obergespan German
- Obergespann German
- Pacht German
- Recht German
- Schleicher German
- Teil German
- Wort German
- erblich German
- főispán German
- hu German
- erf Dutch, Flemish
- erfdrager Dutch, Flemish
- erfgoed Dutch, Flemish
- erflater Dutch, Flemish
- erfvijand Dutch, Flemish
- erfzonde Dutch, Flemish
- erven Dutch, Flemish
- woonerf Dutch, Flemish
- герб Russian
- Ὀρφεύς Ancient Greek
- *h₁erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃erbʰ-, *h₃orbʰ-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃órbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *arbaidiz Proto-Germanic
- *arbaz Proto-Germanic
- *arbijaną Proto-Germanic
- *arbijô Proto-Germanic
- *arbiją Proto-Germanic
- herb Polish
- ierfe Old English
- orf Old English
- yrfe Old English
- erve Middle English
- comharba Irish
- arfkaup Old Norse
- arfr Old Norse
- arfsal Old Norse
- arfsalsmaðr Old Norse
- arfskipti Old Norse
- arfskot Old Norse
- arftaka Old Norse
- arftakari Old Norse
- arftaki Old Norse
- arftǫkukarl Old Norse
- arftǫkumaðr Old Norse
- *orbota Proto-Slavic
- *orbę Proto-Slavic
- *orbъ Proto-Slavic
- erb, herb Czech
- robot Czech
- որբ Armenian
- erve Middle Dutch
- arbeo Old High German
- erben Old High German
- erbi Old High German
- որբ Old Armenian
- comarbbae Old Irish
- orbbae Old Irish
- erbe Middle High German
- Ierwen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ierflech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gerb Azerbaijani
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 Gothic
- הערב Yiddish
- *arbī gmw-pro
- ervi Old Dutch
- *arpa Proto-Finnic
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *orbyom Proto-Celtic
- ervi Old Saxon
- *ārpē Proto-Samic
- erb Vilamovian
- ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨ Proto-Norse