Where does “hiorþ” come from?
hiorþ (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.
hiorþ (Old Swedish): herd
Ancestry of “hiorþ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | hjǫrð | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | herdō | herd |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerdʰ- | herd, row; file, row, herd |
Words derived from “hiorþ”