Where does “heortgryre” come from?

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

heortgryre (Old English): mortal terror

Definitions

  1. mortal terror

Ancestry of “heortgryre”, step by step

heortgryre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English heorte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheorteheart
2Proto-West Germanichertāheart
3Proto-Germanichertôheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Old English gryre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgryreterror, horror
2Proto-Germanicgruzi-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hertô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hertā →