erve

Middle Dutch

noun
Definitions
  • heritage, patrimony
  • real estate, unmovable property (i.e. land and house), which belongs to oneself and can be inherited
  • land, property

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch ervi 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

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