erf

名词 n.
/ɜːf/    /ɝf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Inheritance; patrimony. Northern-England,Scotland,rare
    — Son, you will have this farm to erf.
  2. A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement. New-York,South-Africa,US,regional
  3. Stock; cattle. broadly

词形变化

erfs plural erfs plural erven plural

词汇关系

衍生词

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *arbiją
Proto-West Germanic *arbī
Old English ierfe
Middle English erve
English erf
From Middle English erve, erfe, from Old English yrfe, ierfe (“heritage, bequest, inheritance, property, inherited property, property that passes to an heir, cattle, livestock”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją (“heritage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”) (whence also *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”)).
Cognate with Dutch erf (“inheritance, patrimony, ground, courtyard”), German Erbe (“heritage, legacy, inheritance”), Danish arv (“heritage, inheritance”), Swedish arv (“heritage, inheritance”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 (arbi, “inheritance”), Latin orbus (“orphan”), Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”), Old English ierfa (“heir”). Related to orf and odal and athel.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *arbiją
Proto-West Germanic *arbī
Old Dutch ervi
Middle Dutch erve
Dutch erfbor.
English erf
Borrowed from obsolete Dutch erf (“hereditament, plot of land”). Doublet of erf above.
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