Etymograph

English

Heron

Heron comes from Old English hær ‘stone’, from Proto-West Germanic *hār ‘hair’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hērą‘hair’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hār‘hair’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hær‘stone’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150harumdative plural of hær
  5. EnglishtodayHeron

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hērą‘hair’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hār‘hair’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hær‘stone’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150harumdative plural of hær
  5. EnglishtodayHeron

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kes- ‘to scrape, comb’

hards, xylem, xylitol, 7 more

through Proto-West Germanic *hār ‘hair’

hairy, herring, 1 more

through Old English hær ‘stone’

hair, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hērą / Heron

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