Words that come from Proto-Germanic hērą

400 words across 49 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hērą — including here, hair, heir, hare, hereby, herein, Harley, hairy.

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English (196)

German (36)

Norwegian Nynorsk (18)

Finnish (16)

Norwegian Bokmål (15)

Icelandic (13)

Dutch (12)

Middle English (12)

Swedish (9)

Faroese (7)

Esperanto (6)

Danish (5)

Old English (4)

Saterland Frisian (4)

Old Frisian (3)

Alemannic German (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Hungarian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

French (2)

Japanese (2)

Estonian (2)

Norman (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Italian (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Frankish (1)

Latin (1)

Cebuano (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Ligurian (1)

Mòcheno (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Norse (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old French (1)

Scots (1)

Romanian (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)