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Where does “*herʀō” come from?
*herʀō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic herzô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱerd-.
Ancestry of “*herʀō”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
herzô
hinge, door-hinge
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)ḱerd-
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Words derived from “*herʀō”
*herro
herre
har
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