Etymology

earthen

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Today it means: Made of earth or mud. Full definition →

Middle English erthen ← Old English eorþen ← Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz
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earthen · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*irþīnaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromeorþen
  3. Middle English · inherited fromerthen
  4. English todayearthen

From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en (“made of”).

earthen · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁er-
  2. Proto-Germanic*erþō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*erþu
  4. Old Englisheorþe
  5. Middle Englisherthe
  6. Englishearth
  7. English todayearthen

From earth + -en (“to make like”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englisherthen all →

yed

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.