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Where does “airone” come from?

airone (Italian) comes from French héron, from Middle French heron, from Old French heron, from Frankish herigo, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

airone (Italian): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “airone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhéronheron
2Middle Frenchheronheron
3Old Frenchheron—
4Frankishherigo—
5Proto-Germanichaigrô—
6Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →