Where does “*herro” come from?

*herro (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic herzô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱerd-.

*herro (Old Dutch): master, lord

Definitions

  1. master, lord

Ancestry of “*herro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*herʀō—
2Proto-Germanicherzôhinge, door-hinge
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱerd-—

Words derived from “*herro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱerd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herzô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō →