Where does “Hertha” come from?

Hertha (English) comes from German Hertha, from Latin Nerthus, from Proto-Germanic Nerþuz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗr — man; power, force, vital energy.

Hertha (English): occasionally borrowed from German around 1900

Definitions

  1. occasionally borrowed from German around 1900

Ancestry of “Hertha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHertha—
2LatinNerthusA Germanic goddess (or god) mentioned by Tacitus and associated with a ceremonial wagon procession
3Proto-GermanicNerþuzA Germanic god or goddess: Njord, Nerthus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗrman; power, force, vital energy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic Nerþuz →Every word from Latin Nerthus →
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