herfs
Afrikaans
/ɦɛrfs/
noun
Definitions
- autumn, fall
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish herfst (autumn) inherited from Middle Dutch herfst inherited from Old Dutch *hervist inherited from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (harvest, autumn, fall, harvest-time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (pluck, harvest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kerp-
Gloss
pluck, harvest
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- excerpt English
- ex- Latin
- herfst Dutch, Flemish
- herfstavond Dutch, Flemish
- herfstmaand Dutch, Flemish
- herfstnachtevening Dutch, Flemish
- herfsttij Dutch, Flemish
- καρπός Ancient Greek
- κρώπιον Ancient Greek
- *kerp- Proto-Indo-European
- *harbistaz Proto-Germanic
- *harbustaz Proto-Germanic
- *harƀustaz Proto-Germanic
- herfest Old English
- hærfest Old English
- haust Old Norse
- herfst Middle Dutch
- herbist Old High German
- Hierscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *harbist gmw-pro
- *hervist Old Dutch
- *karpō Proto-Italic
- herfst Old Frisian
- *karpā Proto-Albanian