𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃

Apparently from Proto-Germanic *erþōkundaz. By surface analysis, 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa, “earth”) +‎ -𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-kunds, “born of, coming from”). Often considered (e.g. by Lehmann) to be a calque of Latin terrigenus, terrigena not inherited from Proto-Germanic, by analogy with 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (himinakunds); the cognate Old English eorþcund similarly may be explained as a parallel post-Proto-Germanic formation instead of an inherited cognate, but this is difficult to ascertain.

𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 • (airþakunds)

1. (hapax, Christianity) born of the earth, earthly (as opposed to heavenly)
   • Skeireins, 4:14–15:

     𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽, 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃

     iþ sik airþakundana jah us airþai rōdjandan, in þizei wistai manna was

     but himself born of the earth, and speaking from the earth, because he was by nature a man

   Synonym: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (airþeins)

   Antonym: 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (himinakunds)

• Miller, D. Gary (2019) The Oxford Gothic Grammar, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306
• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A86. airþa-kunds”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 18-19