Where does “Hirte” come from?

Hirte (German) comes from Middle High German hirt, from Old High German hirt, from Proto-West Germanic hirdī, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Hirte (German): herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist

Definitions

  1. herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist

Ancestry of “Hirte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhirt—
2Old High Germanhirt—
3Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
4Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
5Proto-Germanicherdōherd
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “Hirte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →