Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company. · To unite or associate in a herd · To manage, care for or guard a herd · To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. · Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. · A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. · A collection of things, especially vehicles.
From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.
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- Root classification mention*(s)kerdʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionherdeenm
- Inherited-form mentionhierdang
- Inherited-form mention*herdugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*herdōgem-pro · herd
- Derivation mention*(s)kerdʰ-ine-pro · file, row, herd
- Cognate mentionHerdede
- Cognate mentionhjordda
- Cognate mentionhjordsv
- Cognate mentionherdhesq · nest
- Cognate mentionkrdosh
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