Old High German erbi

← Old English ierfe (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *arbiją (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (root)

← Old Norse arfr (cognate)

→ English orphan (cognate)

→ Old English ierfe (cognate)

→ German Erbe (inherited)

→ Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (cognate)

→ Alemannic German erbe (mention)

→ Vilamovian erb (inherited)