erf

n. 小块土地

发音

UK /ɜːf/
US /ɝf/

词形变化

erfs 复数 erven 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Inheritance; patrimony.

    苏格兰 罕用

    Son, you will have this farm to erf.

  2. 2.

    Stock; cattle.

    引申义
  3. 1.

    A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.

    南非 美国

词源

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.

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