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Where does “hjǫrð” come from?

hjǫrð (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Ancestry of “hjǫrð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicherdōherd
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “hjǫrð”

  • hjord
  • hjord
  • hjörð
  • hjørð
  • hiorþ
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