ertha

== Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *erþu. === Noun === ertha f earth ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: erdeDutch: aarde, aardAfrikaans: aardeNegerhollands: aarde, adu, aerde→ Virgin Islands Creole: adu, ard (archaic)→ Indonesian: ardeLimburgish: 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 (Genesis, verse 317) ==== Declension ==== ==== 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