Etymograph

English

heretog

Heretog comes from Old English heretoga ‘commander, general’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*harjatogō‘army leader, commander, general’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150heretoga‘commander, general’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heretogh
  4. Englishtodayheretog

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*harjatogō‘army leader, commander, general’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150heretoga‘commander, general’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heretogh
  4. Englishtodayheretog

Formed from here ‘army’ + tog

Proto-Germanic *hē₂r ‘here, in this place’

Proto-West Germanic *hēr ‘here’

Old English hēr ‘at this place’

Middle English her

English here

Latin toga ‘cloak, mantle’

Old French togue

Middle English tog

English tog

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō ‘army leader, commander, general’

herzog, 1 more

Today it means

noun The leader or commander of an army in Saxon times.

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō / heretog

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