ear

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

aurahjons (Gothic)

- -yeti (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₁er- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₂erh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₂éryeti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be ploughing.

*arjaną (Proto-Germanic)

To plow.

erian (Old English)

To plough.

ear (English)

(archaic) To plough.

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