erven

Middle Dutch

verb
Definitions
  • to bequeath
  • to grant, to assign (ownership of)
  • to grant a place/parcel to, to take in
  • to inherit
  • to be inherited, to be granted through inheritance
  • to be in charge, act as an owner

Etymology

Inherited from *arbijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *arbijaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant) affix from Middle Dutch erve.

Origin

Middle Dutch

erve

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