Where does “heorde” come from?
heorde (Middle English) comes from Old English heord, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.
Ancestry of “heorde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | heord | a herd |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | herdō | herd |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerdʰ- | herd, row; file, row, herd |
Words derived from “heorde”