Where does “heron” come from?

heron (Middle French) comes from Old French heron, from Frankish herigo, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

heron (Middle French): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “heron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchheron—
2Frankishherigo—
3Proto-Germanichaigrô—
4Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “heron”

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