herizogo

Old High German

Etymology

heri (“army”) +‎ zogo (“leader”). From Proto-Germanic *harjatugô (“army leader”), which contains Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) and a derivation of Proto-Germanic *teuhaną.[1] Cognate to Old English heretoga, Old Norse hertogi.

Noun

herizogo m

  1. duke

Descendants

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Herzog”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
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