er-

er-
I. er-1
To move, set in motion. Oldest form *ə₁er-.
I. Basic form *er-.
1. Probably Germanic *ar-, *or-, *art(a), to be, exist. are1, art2, from Old English eart and aron, second person singular and plural present of bēon, to be.
2. Perhaps Germanic suffixed form *er-n-os-ti-. earnest1, from Old English eornoste, zealous, serious.
3. Uncertain o-grade suffixed form *ori-yo-. orient, origin, original; abort, from Latin orīrī, to arise, appear, be born.
4. Suffixed o-grade form *or-smā-. hormone, from Greek hormē, impulse, onrush.
II. Enlarged extended form *rei-s-.
1. rise; arise, from Old English rīsan, from Germanic *rīsan;
2. Suffixed o-grade (causative) form *rois-ye-.
a. rear2, from Old English rǣran, to rear, raise, lift up;
b. raise, from Old Norse reisa, to raise. Both a and b from Germanic *raizjan.
 
[Pokorny 3. er- 326; ergh- 339.]
  II. er-2
Earth, ground. Extended form *ert-.
a. earth, from Old English eorthe, earth;
b. aardvark, aardwolf, from Middle Dutch aerde, eerde, earth. Both a and b from Germanic *erthō.
 
[Pokorny 4. er- 332.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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