earring

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*auʀahring
2. Old English · inherited fromēarhring“ear-ring”
3. Middle English · inherited fromerering
4. English todayearring

From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).