Where does “hæring” come from?

hæring (Old English) comes from Old English heġe, from Proto-West Germanic *hagi.

hæring (Old English): herring

Definitions

  1. herring

Ancestry of “hæring”, step by step

hæring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heġe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheġehedge, fence
2Proto-West Germanic*hagi—

via Proto-West Germanic *hāring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hāringherring
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hagi →Every word from Old English heġe →