earl
English
/ɜːl/, /ɝl/
noun
Definitions
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus . Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English erle inherited from Old English eorl inherited from Proto-Germanic *erlaz, *erōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (earth, separate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁er-
Gloss
earth, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
土, 地
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earldom English
- earlship English
- jarl English
- jaarli Finnish
- *aboricāre Latin
- aborior Latin
- aborto Latin
- adorior Latin
- coorior Latin
- exorior Latin
- orior Latin
- ярл Russian
- κονιορτός Ancient Greek
- ἔραζε Ancient Greek
- ἔρις Ancient Greek
- ἔριφος Ancient Greek
- ὄρνυμι Ancient Greek
- *h₁er- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ert- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European
- jarl Norwegian Bokmål
- *erlaz Proto-Germanic
- *erþō Proto-Germanic
- *erōną Proto-Germanic
- *erǭ Proto-Germanic
- jarl Norwegian Nynorsk
- eorl Old English
- ऋणोति Sanskrit
- erldom Middle English
- erle Middle English
- erle marchal Middle English
- iarla Irish
- jara Old Norse
- jarl Old Norse
- jarlborinn Old Norse
- jarldómr Old Norse
- jarlsdóttir Old Norse
- jarlsnafn Old Norse
- jarl Icelandic
- jarlsfrú Icelandic
- urca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- iarll Welsh
- iarla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jallur Faroese
- ерл Macedonian
- erl Old Saxon
- *Hr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- yurl Cornish
- *ā̆ur(V)n Proto-Albanian
- ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ Proto-Norse