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Where does “heiron” come from?

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

heiron (Old French): heron

Definitions

  1. heron

Ancestry of “heiron”, step by step

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

Words derived from “heiron”

  • heronsew
  • heronsewe
  • haironcel
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