Where does “heron” come from?

heron (Old French) comes from Frankish herigo, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

Ancestry of “heron”, step by step

heron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish herigo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishherigo—
2Proto-Germanichaigrô—
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

via Frankish hraigrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishhraigrōheron

Words derived from “heron”

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