*hraigrô

Runic: ᚺᚱᚨᛁᚷᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxrɑi̯.ɣrɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

heron

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱrey- (‘to scream, screech’), from *sḱer- (‘to caw, crow’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hraigrôhraigraniz
Acc.hraigranųhraigranunz
Gen.hraigrinizhraigranǫ̂
Dat.hraigrinihraigrammaz
Inst.hraigrinēhraigrammiz
Voc.hraigrôhraigraniz

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Descendants

  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hairō (Medieval Latin)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heigero, *reigaro, *rēgaro (Old Dutch)
      • heiger, reiger, rêger (Middle Dutch)
        • reiger (Limburgish)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heigero, *reigaro, *rēgaro (Old Dutch)
      • heiger, reiger, rêger (Middle Dutch)
        • reiger (Dutch)
          • reier (Afrikaans)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hrāgra (Old English)
      • *sċitehrāgra, *sċitehrāga (Old English)
        • schiterow (Middle English)
          • shederow (Yola)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hrāgra, *hrēgra (Old Frisian)
      • Reger (Saterland Frisian)
      • reager (West Frisian)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heigaro, reigaro, reigar (Old High German)
      • airone (Italian)
      • Räer (Luxembourgish)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heigaro, reigaro, reigar (Old High German)
      • heiger, reiger (Middle High German)
        • Reiher (German)
          • Raier (Saterland Frisian)
  • *hraigrō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hrēgar, hēgiro (Old Saxon)
      • rêger, reiger (Middle Low German)
        • Reiger (German Low German)
  • hegri (Old Norse)
    • hejre (Danish)
    • hegri (Faroese)
    • hegri (Icelandic)
    • hegre, heire (Norwegian)
    • hegrie, haigrie (Scots)
  • hegri (Old Norse)
    • hægher (Old Swedish)
      • häger (Swedish)
  • *haikari (Proto-Finnic)

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