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
Ancestry of “hegre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | hegre | a heron , also the egrets and bitterns |
| 2 | Old Norse | hegri | heron |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haigrô | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hraigrô | heron |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreik- | — |