erf
English
noun
Definitions
- (Northern England) Inheritance; patrimony.
- (by extension) Stock; cattle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English erve inherited from Old English yrfe (inheritance) 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
- erfkin English
- kin English
- robo- English
- robotic English
- orbitas Latin
- orbus Latin
- orphanus Latin
- orphănus Latin
- о̄rbus Latin
- Erbe 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
- Kulturerbe German
- Naturerbe German
- erblich German
- orbo Italian
- erf Dutch, Flemish
- erfdrager Dutch, Flemish
- erfgoed Dutch, Flemish
- erflater Dutch, Flemish
- erfvijand Dutch, Flemish
- erfzonde Dutch, Flemish
- erven Dutch, Flemish
- woonerf Dutch, Flemish
- ὀρφανός 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
- arv Swedish
- arvsrätt Swedish
- kulturarv Swedish
- ärva Swedish
- ierfa Old English
- ierfe Old English
- ierfenuma Old English
- orf Old English
- yrfe Old English
- erfkin Middle 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
- arv Danish
- *orbota Proto-Slavic
- *orbę Proto-Slavic
- *orbъ Proto-Slavic
- erb, herb Czech
- robot Czech
- որբ Armenian
- orb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- orbecăi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ορφανός Greek (modern)
- erve Middle Dutch
- erben Old High German
- erbi Old High German
- որբ Old Armenian
- comarbbae Old Irish
- orbbae Old Irish
- erbe Middle High German
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *arbī gmw-pro
- ervi Old Dutch
- *arpa Proto-Finnic
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *orbyom Proto-Celtic
- arve Middle Low German
- ervi Old Saxon
- *ārpē Proto-Samic
- orbu Aromanian
- vuarb Friulian
- ⲟⲣⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ Coptic
- orbu Sicilian
- orvu Sicilian
- orbo Venetian
- *wɔrfana- Proto-Albanian
- vuarb Dalmatian
- uorbo Istriot
- ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨ Proto-Norse
- Oaw Plautdietsch