Where does “herte” come from?

herte (Middle English) comes from Old English heorte, from Proto-West Germanic hertā, from Proto-Germanic hertô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

herte (Middle English): The heart; One's inner self; the mind or...

Definitions

  1. The heart; One's inner self; the mind or...

Ancestry of “herte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheorteheart
2Proto-West Germanichertāheart
3Proto-Germanichertôheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “herte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hertô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hertā →