Where does “hertan” come from?

hertan (Middle English) comes from Old Northern French hurter.

hertan (Middle English): to injure, scathe, knock together

Definitions

  1. to injure, scathe, knock together

Ancestry of “hertan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchhurter—
Every word from Old Northern French hurter →
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