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Where does “heigero” come from?

heigero (Old Dutch) comes from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

Ancestry of “heigero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishhraigrōheron
2Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “heigero”

  • heron
  • hirn
  • hern
  • heronry
  • heronlike
  • heroner
  • reiger
  • heroun
  • heron
  • herne
  • heiron
  • reiger
  • hirn
  • heiron
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