Where does “hirðir” come from?

hirðir (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hirðir, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

hirðir (Icelandic): shepherd; second-person singular active present...

Definitions

  1. shepherd; second-person singular active present...

Ancestry of “hirðir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehirðirshepherd
2Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
3Proto-Germanicherdōherd
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “hirðir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herdō →Every word from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz →