The story
- Middle English · derived fromErische
- Scots · borrowed fromErse“Irish”
- English todayErse
From Scots Erse (“Irish”), from earlier Ersche, Ersch, a contraction of Erisch, Erische (“Irish”), from Middle English Erische, Irische, Irisch (“Irish”). Doublet of Irish. Compare also Scots Irisch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.