Where does “herse” come from?

herse (French) comes from Old French herce, from Latin herpicem, from Latin hirpex, from Latin hirpus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers- — stiff; surprised.

herse (French): harrow; portcullis; spike strip, road spikes,...

Definitions

  1. harrow; portcullis; spike strip, road spikes,...

Ancestry of “herse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchherce—
2Latinherpicem—
3Latinhirpexharrow
4Latinhirpuswolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰers-stiff; surprised

Words derived from “herse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers- →Every word from Latin hirpus →Every word from Latin hirpex →