Where does “hierde” come from?

hierde (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hirdī, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

hierde (Old English): herdsman; guardian, keeper, protector

Definitions

  1. herdsman; guardian, keeper, protector

Ancestry of “hierde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
2Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
3Proto-Germanicherdōherd
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “hierde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →