Where does “heron” come from?

Heron comes from Middle English heroun, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch heigero, from Frankish haigro, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

heron (English): A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the...

Definitions

  1. A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the...

Ancestry of “heron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishheronthe grey heron, or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
2Anglo-Normanheironheron
3Medieval Latinhairoheron
4Frankishhaigrō—
5Frankishhraigrōheron
6Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “heron”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Frankish hraigrō →