Where does “hirde” come from?

hirde (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.

Ancestry of “hirde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
2Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
3Proto-Germanicherdōherd
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herdō →Every word from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz →
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