Where does “héron” come from?

héron (French) comes from Middle French heron, from Old French heron, from Frankish herigo, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

héron (French): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “héron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchheronheron
2Old Frenchheron—
3Frankishherigo—
4Proto-Germanichaigrô—
5Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “héron”

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