Dutch word heur comes from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱe, Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, Proto-Indo-European *ki-, Proto-Germanic *hezōi, Proto-Indo-European *keres-, Proto-Germanic *hezǫ̂, Middle Dutch haer (Her.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kr̥- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *ḱe | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *ḱe- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *ki- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *hezōi | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| *keres- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *hezǫ̂ | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| haer | Middle Dutch (dum) | Her. |
| hira | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| *hērą | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Hair. |
| hiro | Old Dutch (odt) | (possessive) her Her (genitive, dative). |
| *hār | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| hār | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| *hes | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| hare | Middle Dutch (dum) | |
| haer | Middle Dutch (dum) | Hair. |
| hē | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| hi | Middle Dutch (dum) | He. |
| haer | Middle Dutch (dum) | Hair Her. |
| haar | Dutch (nld) | (countable) hair (mammalian keratin filament). (uncountable) hair (collection of hairs) Third-person singular, feminine possessive adjective: her (personal) Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun: her (archaic) Third-person plural possessive adjective: their. |
| heur | Dutch (nld) | (personal, archaic, dialectal) her. Sometimes (though decreasingly) used in Standard Dutch, especially in poetry and in conjunction with haar (in the sense of hair), for the sake of euphony or comic effect. |