heorþ

Middle English

Noun

heorþ

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of herth

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with Old Frisian herth, hirth (West Frisian hurd), Old Saxon herth, herþ, Dutch haard, Old High German herd, hert (German Herd); the Germanic root is also reflected in Old Norse hyrr ‘fire’, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri) ‘coal’.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /heorθ/

Noun

heorþ m (nominative plural heorþas)

hearth

Derived terms

heorþġenēat

Descendants

Middle English: herth
- English: hearth
- Scots: harth

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.