Where does “hǣring” come from?

hǣring (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hāring — herring.

Ancestry of “hǣring”, step by step

hǣring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *hāring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hāringherring

via Proto-Germanic *hāring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hāring

Words derived from “hǣring

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hāring