Where does “hegre” come from?

hegre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk hegre, from Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

hegre (Norwegian Bokmål): a heron

Definitions

  1. a heron

Ancestry of “hegre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskhegrea heron (bird of the family Ardeidae), also the egrets and bitterns
2Old Norsehegriheron
3Proto-Germanichaigrô—
4Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →