Where does “egret” come from?

egret (Old French) comes from Old Occitan aigreta, from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish haigrō, from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

Ancestry of “egret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanaigreta—
2Medieval Latinhairoheron
3Frankishhaigrō—
4Frankishhraigrōheron
5Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “egret”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Frankish hraigrō →