Where does “Hiert” come from?

Hiert (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German hirti, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Hiert (Luxembourgish): shepherd

Definitions

  1. shepherd

Ancestry of “Hiert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhirtishepherd, herdsman
2Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
3Proto-Germanicherdōherd
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herdō →Every word from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz →