Where does “horshierde” come from?

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

horshierde (Old English): groom (person who takes care of horses)

Definitions

  1. groom (person who takes care of horses)

Ancestry of “horshierde”, step by step

horshierde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hierde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhierdeherdsman; guardian, keeper, protector
2Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
3Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
4Proto-Germanicherdōherd
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

via Old English hors

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhorshorse
2Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
3Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herdō →Every word from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz →