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Where does “hirdijaz” come from?

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

hirdijaz (Proto-Germanic): herder, herdsman

Definitions

  1. herder, herdsman

Ancestry of “hirdijaz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hirdijaz”

  • shepherd
  • Sheppard
  • shepherdess
  • Shepperd
  • shepherdless
  • undershepherd
  • shepherdish
  • shepherdlike
  • shepherdship
  • shepherdly
  • shepherdling
  • shepherdeth
  • Shepherd
  • shepherde
  • unshepherdlike
  • unshepherdly
  • shepherdism
  • Schweinehirte
  • Hirte
  • Schafhirte
  • Hirtenhund
  • Hirtin
  • herde
  • kyrkoherde
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