Where does “hegre” come from?

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

hegre (Norwegian Nynorsk): a heron (bird of the family Ardeidae), also the egrets and bitterns

Definitions

  1. a heron (bird of the family Ardeidae), also the egrets and bitterns

Ancestry of “hegre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hegre”

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