Where does “heorte” come from?

heorte (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hertā, from Proto-Germanic hertô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

heorte (Old English): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “heorte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichertāheart
2Proto-Germanichertôheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “heorte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hertô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hertā →