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

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