Where does “Hirsch” come from?

Hirsch (German) comes from Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic herut, from Proto-Germanic herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

Hirsch (German): deer

Definitions

  1. deer

Ancestry of “Hirsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhirz—
2Old High Germanhiruzdeer
3Proto-West Germanicherutdeer, stag
4Proto-Germanicherutazdeer, stag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “Hirsch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →