hergian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to pillage, plunder
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (lay waste, plunder, harry, devastate), *harjaz (army, warrior, commander, host) derived from Proto-Indo-European *koryos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*koryos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Herbert English
- Karjala Finnish
- Lutheranus Latin
- Hermann German
- κοίρανος Ancient Greek
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *koryos Proto-Indo-European
- *kóryos Proto-Indo-European
- *Gunþiharjaz Proto-Germanic
- *Harjamēraz Proto-Germanic
- *Harjawaldaz Proto-Germanic
- *Ingwaz Proto-Germanic
- *harjaz Proto-Germanic
- *harjōną Proto-Germanic
- *īwaz Proto-Germanic
- herġian Old English
- Gunnarr Old Norse
- heri Old Norse
- herja Old Norse
- herr Old Norse
- Herbert Cebuano
- heri Old High German
- Heri Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *hari gmw-pro
- *karja Proto-Finnic
- *hariōn Frankish
- *harjōn Frankish
- *heriberga Frankish
- here Old Frisian
- ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ Proto-Norse
- ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ Proto-Norse