Where does “Hirtentäschel” come from?

Hirtentäschel (German) comes from German Hirte, 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.

Hirtentäschel (German): shepherd's purse

Definitions

  1. shepherd's purse

Ancestry of “Hirtentäschel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHirteherdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist
2Middle High Germanhirt—
3Old High Germanhirt—
4Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
5Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
6Proto-Germanicherdōherd
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
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