Where does “герцог” come from?
герцог (Russian) comes from German herzog, from Middle High German herzog, from Old High German herizogo, from Proto-West Germanic harjatogō, from Proto-West Germanic hari, from Proto-Germanic harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
Ancestry of “герцог”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | herzog | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | herzog | — |
| 3 | Old High German | herizogo | duke |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | harjatogō | army leader, commander, general |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hari | army |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “герцог”