ernst
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- seriousness
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch ernst inherited from Old Dutch ernost inherited from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (fight, struggle, solidity, strength, earnest).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ernustuz
Gloss
fight, struggle, solidity, strength, earnest
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
力
Emoji
🛡️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earnest English
- earnester English
- earnestful English
- earnestly English
- earnestness English
- earnesty English
- overearnest English
- ernstig Dutch, Flemish
- ernstvuurwerk Dutch, Flemish
- vuurwerk Dutch, Flemish
- *arniz Proto-Germanic
- *ernustuz Proto-Germanic
- eornest Old English
- eornost Old English
- ernest Middle English
- ernst Middle Dutch
- ernust Old High German
- Eescht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ernost Old Dutch
- ernist Old Saxon
- ernust Old Saxon
- èèrnscht Alemannic German
- ernst Old Frisian