Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year. · The meat from this animal. · The stag of any deer species.
From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot. Cognates Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*ḱerh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionhertenm
- Inherited-form mentionheorotang
- Inherited-form mention*herutgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*herutazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionhertnl
- Cognate mentionHirschde
- Cognate mentionhjortsv
- Derivation mention*ḱerh₂-ine-pro
- Doublet mentionHeoroten
- Cognate mentioncarwcy
- Cognate mentioncervusla
- Cognate mentionkárvėlt
- Cognate mentionкоро́ваru
- Cognate mentionκόρυδοςgrc
- Cognate mention𐬯𐬭𐬏ae
- Cognate mentionशरभsa
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