Old English ears

← Greek ουρά (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *arsaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *ars (inherited)

← Old High German ars (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₁orsos (inherited)

← Old Norse ars (cognate)

← Old Norse rass (mention)

← Old Frisian ers (cognate)

← Old Saxon ars (cognate)

← Old Armenian ոռ (cognate)

→ English ass (mention)

→ English arse (mention)

→ Old English earsþyrel (compound)

→ Old English openears (compound)

→ Middle English ars (mention)

→ Scots ers (inherited)