Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hraigrô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*haigrô (by dissimilation)

Etymology

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

Noun

*hraigrô m

heron

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hraigrô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hraigrô	*hraigraniz
vocative	*hraigrô	*hraigraniz
accusative	*hraigranų	*hraigranunz
genitive	*hraigriniz	*hraigranǫ̂
dative	*hraigrini	*hraigrammaz
instrumental	*hraigrinē	*hraigrammiz

Descendants

Old English: hrāgra
Old Frisian: *hrāgra, *hrēgra
- Saterland Frisian: Reeger
- West Frisian: reager
Old Saxon: hregera, regera
- Middle Low German: rêger, reiger
  - German Low German: Reiger
Frankish: *hraigrō, *haigrō, *raigrō
- Old Dutch: heigero, *reigaro, *rēgaro
  - Middle Dutch: heiger, reiger, rêger
    - Dutch: reiger
      - Afrikaans: reier
- → Medieval Latin: hairō, hērō, *haigrō (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: heigaro, reigaro
- Middle High German: heiger, reiger
  - German: Reiher
- Luxembourgish: Räer
- → Italian: airone (partially from Old French)
Old Norse: hegri
- Icelandic: hegri
- Faroese: hegri
- Norwegian: hegre, heire
- Old Swedish: hægher
  - Swedish: häger
- Danish: hejre
→ Finnish: haikara (< *haigara)

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