German ernst

← English earnest (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (inherited)

← Old High German ernust (derived)

→ English earnest (cognate)

→ English Ernest (cognate)

→ German Ernst (mention)

→ German bierernst (compound)

→ German todernst (compound)

→ Alemannic German èèrnscht (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish eescht (cognate)