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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

Definitions

  1. herd

Ancestry of “hiorþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehjǫrð—
2Proto-Germanicherdōherd
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “hiorþ”

  • hjord
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