Where does “hairo” come from?

hairo (Medieval Latin) comes from Frankish haigrō, from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

hairo (Medieval Latin): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “hairo”, step by step

hairo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish haigrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishhaigrō—
2Frankishhraigrōheron
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

via Proto-Germanic haigrô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaigrô—

Words derived from “hairo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Frankish hraigrō →