heort etymology

Middle English word heort comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *herutaz (Deer, stag.)

Detailed word origin of heort

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*herutaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Deer, stag.
heorut Old English (ang)
heort Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as heort

Descendants of *ḱerh₂-
corner hart herne hert hiren hirne horn horne huirne hurne hyrne inkhorn rather reother rether rither rodder rother rudder ruther sere unikorn