Words that come from Proto-Germanic hertô

400 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hertô — including heart, hearted, sweetheart, heartfelt, heartbeat, Hertz, wholeheartedly, heartland.

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English (257)

German (31)

Dutch (17)

Finnish (17)

Old English (9)

Middle English (6)

Danish (5)

Gothic (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Icelandic (4)

Japanese (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Swedish (2)

Faroese (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

French (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Irish (1)

North Frisian (1)

Polish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Yiddish (1)

Korean (1)

Chinese (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Cebuano (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Scots (1)

Bengali (1)

Portuguese (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)