Erle
See also: erle
English edit
Etymology edit
A rare spelling variant of Earl.
Proper noun edit
Erle
- A male given name from English.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German erle, from Old High German erila, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.
Compare Dutch els, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Erle f (genitive Erle, plural Erlen)
Declension edit
Declension of Erle [feminine]
Derived terms edit
- erlen (“aldern”)
Further reading edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Erl- (German Erlinde, etc.), also seen as a modern feminine form of Erling and Jarl (“earl”).
Proper noun edit
Erle
- a female given name
References edit
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1089 females with the given name Erle living in Norway on January 1st 2014, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on July 11th, 2014.