Where does “hèrse” come from?

hèrse (Norman) comes from Old French herce, from Latin herpicem, from Latin hirpex, from Latin hirpus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers- — stiff; surprised.

hèrse (Norman): hearse

Definitions

  1. hearse

Ancestry of “hèrse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchherce
2Latinherpicem
3Latinhirpexharrow
4Latinhirpuswolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰers-stiff; surprised
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰers-Every word from Latin hirpusEvery word from Latin hirpex
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