Where does “hern” come from?
hern (English) comes from Middle English hiren, from Middle English hire, from Old English hire, from Proto-Germanic hezōi, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hern (English): Corner, nook; A recess beside a wide...
Definitions
- Corner, nook; A recess beside a wide...
Ancestry of “hern”, step by step
hern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English hiren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hiren | Third-person singular feminine genitive pronoun:... |
| 2 | Middle English | hire | Third-person singular feminine genitive... |
| 3 | Old English | hire | genitive/dative of hēo |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English heron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heron | A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | heron | the grey heron, or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | heiron | heron |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | hairo | heron |
| 5 | Frankish | haigrō | — |
| 6 | Frankish | hraigrō | heron |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hraigrô | heron |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreik- | — |