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English word earth comes from Gothic aurahjons, Proto-Indo-European *er-, and later Proto-Germanic *erþō (Earth.)

aurahjons (Gothic)

*er- (Proto-Indo-European)

to move, excite, grow, eagle, bird, to cause to move, arouse, increase, eagle, large bird

*h₁er- (Proto-Indo-European)

*ert- (Proto-Indo-European)

*erþō (Proto-Germanic)

Earth.

eorþe (Old English)

(Christian, astronomy) Earth in the Ptolemaic cosmology, conceived as a pinenut-shaped planet at the center of the universe.. (pagan) Synonym of middangeard: Midgard, the Earth in the traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).. Earth: ground, soil, dry land.

erthe (Middle English)

Earth.

earth (English)

(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.. (India, and, Japan) One of the Classical element.. (Taoism) One of the Five Elements.. (alchemy) One of the Classical element.. (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.. (uncountable) Soil.. A fox's home or lair.. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).. The [...]

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