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Where does “heardest” come from?

heardest (English) comes from English heard, from Middle English herde, from Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic hirdī, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

heardest (English): second-person singular simple past form of hear

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple past form of hear

Ancestry of “heardest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishheardsimple past tense and past participle of hear;...
2Middle Englishherde—
3Old Englishhierdeherdsman; guardian, keeper, protector
4Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
5Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
6Proto-Germanicherdōherd
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
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