Where does “hart” come from?

hart (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hert, from Proto-West Germanic herut, from Proto-Germanic herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

hart (West Frisian): deer

Definitions

  1. deer

Ancestry of “hart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhert—
2Proto-West Germanicherutdeer, stag
3Proto-Germanicherutazdeer, stag
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “hart”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herutaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic herut →