heiron

Middle English

Noun

heiron

Alternative form of heron

Old French

Alternative forms

heron, herone, heroun

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).

Noun

heiron m (oblique plural heirons, nominative singular heirons, nominative plural heiron)

heron (animal)

Descendants

Bourbonnais-Berrichon: aigron, hégron (Bourbonnais), aigueron, aigron (Berrichon)
Franc-Comtois: âron
Middle French: heron, hairon
- French: héron
Gallo: aégron
Picard: hérôn, éron (Athois)
Poitevin-Saintongeais: égrun, égroun
Walloon: éron (Forrières)
→ Middle English: heron, heroun, heiron
- English: heron

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