*herzô

Runic: ᚺᛖᚱᛉᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxer.zɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

pivot
bar; pole
hinge, doorhinge

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (‘to move, sway, swing, jump’); in this case, cognate with Old High German scerdo (‘hinge’), Latin cardō (‘hinge’), Proto-Celtic *kerdeti (‘to put, move’), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō) (kradáō, ‘to swing, shake’), and perhaps Sanskrit कूर्द् (kūrd) (kūrd, ‘to leap, jump, play’) and German scherzen (‘to joke, jest, frolic’).

Orel instead derives the root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-so and compares Lithuanian sker̃sas (‘across’), Proto-Slavic *čerzъ (‘through, across’), and Latin cardō.

Kroonen prefers to derive the root from a Proto-Indo-European *kérH-on-, and compares Lithuanian kárti (‘to hang’), Proto-Germanic *hurdiz (‘wickerwork door, frame’), Latin crātis (‘wickerwork’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	herzô	herzaniz
Acc.	herzanų	herzanunz
Gen.	hirziniz	herzanǫ̂
Dat.	hirzini	herzammaz
Inst.	hirzinē	herzammiz
Voc.	herzô	herzaniz

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Descendants

*herʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
- harra, *herro (Old Dutch)
  - herre, harre (Middle Dutch)
    - har (Dutch)
*herʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
- heorra (Old English)
  - herre, har, harre, her, horre, heorre (Middle English)
    - har, harr, harre (English)
    - harr, herre, har (Scots)
    - harr, har (Yola)
*her(r)ō (Proto-West Germanic)
- harra, *herro (Old Dutch)
  - herre, harre (Middle Dutch)
    - har (Dutch)
*her(r)ō (Proto-West Germanic)
- heorra (Old English)
  - herre, har, harre, her, horre, heorre (Middle English)
    - har, harr, harre (English)
    - harr, herre, har (Scots)
    - harr, har (Yola)
hjarri (Old Norse)
- hjørri, hjørra (Faroese)
- hjarri, hjari, hjara, hjör (Icelandic)
hjari (Old Norse)
- hjørri, hjørra (Faroese)
- hjarri, hjari, hjara, hjör (Icelandic)
hjara (Old Norse)
- hjørri, hjørra (Faroese)
- hjarri, hjari, hjara, hjör (Icelandic)

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