An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Erbe

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2530157An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — ErbeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Erbe, neuter, ‘heritage, inheritance,’ from Middle High German ęrbe, Old High German ęrbi, arbi, neuter, ‘inheritance’; a word common to Teutonic; compare the equivalent Gothic arbi, Anglo-Saxon yrfe (obsolete in English), Dutch erf, Old Saxon ęrƀi. Akin to Erbe, masculine, ‘heir, inheritor,’ from the equivalent Middle High German ęrbe, Old High German ęrbo, arbeo (Gothic arbja), masculine. With the Teutonic root arbh, ‘to inherit,’ some have connected the Old Irish comarpi, ‘joint heirs,’ and Greek ὀρφανός, Latin orbus, ‘orphaned,’ Armenian orb, ‘orphan’; Erbe, literally ‘orphan’?.