Where does “heerde” come from?

heerde (Middle English) comes from Old English heord, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Ancestry of “heerde”, step by step

heerde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheorda herd
2Proto-Germanicherdōherd
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

via Old English hierd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhierd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herdō →Every word from Old English heord →