Ear etymology

English

English word ear comes from Gothic aurahjons, Proto-Indo-European - -yeti, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (To be ploughing.)

Etymology of ear

Detailed word origin of ear

Dictionary entry Language Definition
aurahjons Gothic (got)
- -yeti Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*h₁er- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*h₂erh₃- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*h₂éryeti Proto-Indo-European (ine) To be ploughing.
*arjaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To plow.
erian Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) To plough.
ear English (en) (archaic) To plough.

Words with the same origin as ear