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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- robo- English
- robotic English
- orbus Latin
- erben German
- Erfgooier Dutch, Flemish
- aanerven Dutch, Flemish
- erf Dutch, Flemish
- erfbelasting Dutch, Flemish
- erfelijk Dutch, Flemish
- erfenis Dutch, Flemish
- erfwoord Dutch, Flemish
- erven Dutch, Flemish
- onterven Dutch, Flemish
- overerven Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃órbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *arbaidiz Proto-Germanic
- *arbaz Proto-Germanic
- *arbijaną Proto-Germanic
- *arbiją Proto-Germanic
- comharba Irish
- arfkaup 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
- erfa Old Norse
- *orbota Proto-Slavic
- *orbę Proto-Slavic
- *orbъ Proto-Slavic
- robot Czech
- որբ Armenian
- erve Middle Dutch
- որբ Old Armenian
- comarbbae Old Irish
- orbbae Old Irish
- *arbijan gmw-pro
- ervi Old Dutch
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *orbyom Proto-Celtic