erf
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɛrf/
noun
Definitions
- yard open area adjoining and belonging to a house
- (figurative) heritage, patrimony
- (obsolete) hereditament, especially a plot of land
- (obsolete) inheritance
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch erve inherited from Old Dutch ervi inherited from *arbī inherited from Proto-Germanic *arbiją (heritage).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*arbiją
Gloss
heritage
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- erf English
- erfkin English
- woonerf English
- Erbe German
- Erbfeind German
- Erbfolge German
- Erbgut German
- Erbin German
- Erbland German
- Erbobergespan German
- Erbobergespann German
- Erbpacht German
- Erbrecht German
- Erbschleicher German
- Erbteil German
- Erbwort German
- Kulturerbe German
- Naturerbe German
- erblich German
- Erfgooier Dutch, Flemish
- aanerven Dutch, Flemish
- drager Dutch, Flemish
- erfbelasting Dutch, Flemish
- erfdrager Dutch, Flemish
- erfelijk Dutch, Flemish
- erfenis Dutch, Flemish
- erfgoed Dutch, Flemish
- erflater Dutch, Flemish
- erfvijand Dutch, Flemish
- erfwoord Dutch, Flemish
- erfzonde Dutch, Flemish
- erven Dutch, Flemish
- goed Dutch, Flemish
- later Dutch, Flemish
- onterven Dutch, Flemish
- overerven Dutch, Flemish
- vijand Dutch, Flemish
- werelderfgoed Dutch, Flemish
- wonen Dutch, Flemish
- woonerf Dutch, Flemish
- zonde Dutch, Flemish
- *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃erbʰ-, *h₃orbʰ-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *arbijô Proto-Germanic
- *arbiją Proto-Germanic
- ierfe Old English
- orf Old English
- yrfe Old English
- erve Middle English
- arfr Old Norse
- erb, herb Czech
- erve Middle Dutch
- erven Middle Dutch
- erben Old High German
- erbi Old High German
- erbe Middle High German
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 Gothic
- *arbī gmw-pro
- ervi Old Dutch
- *arpa Proto-Finnic
- ervi Old Saxon
- *ārpē Proto-Samic
- ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨ Proto-Norse