Where does “gráhegri” come from?

gráhegri (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hegri, from Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

gráhegri (Icelandic): grey heron

Definitions

  1. grey heron

Ancestry of “gráhegri”, step by step

gráhegri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic hegri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichegria heron
2Old Norsehegriheron
3Proto-Germanichaigrô—
4Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

via Icelandic grár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgrárgrey, gray
2Old Norsegrárgrey; spiteful
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →