herd
English
/hɜːd/, /hɝd/
noun
Definitions
- A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
- (now) A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English herde inherited from Old English hierd inherited from Proto-Germanic *herdō (herd) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (herd, row, file).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerdʰ-
Gloss
herd, row, file
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Coward English
- Cowardesque English
- Cowardian English
- Cowardiana English
- bear English
- bearherd English
- book English
- botherder English
- boy English
- cat English
- cow English
- cowherd English
- cowherder English
- cowherdess English
- goat English
- goatherd English
- goatherder English
- goatherdess English
- goose English
- gooseherd English
- gosherd English
- groom English
- herd cats English
- herdable English
- herdbook English
- herdboy English
- herder English
- herdess English
- herdful English
- herdgroom English
- herdless English
- herdlike English
- herdman English
- herdowner English
- herdsboy English
- herdsman English
- herdswoman English
- herdthink English
- herdwide English
- hog English
- hogherd English
- horse English
- horseherd English
- interherd English
- intraherd English
- man English
- neat English
- neatherd English
- neatherdess English
- owner English
- ox English
- oxherd English
- sheep English
- sheepherder English
- shepherd English
- shepherdess English
- shepherdeth English
- shepherdish English
- shepherdism English
- shepherdless English
- shepherdlike English
- shepherdling English
- shepherdly English
- shepherdship English
- swan English
- swanherd English
- swineherder English
- think English
- undershepherd English
- unherdable English
- woman English
- Scerdilaedus Latin
- Büffelherde German
- Herde German
- Herdenimmunität German
- Rinderherde German
- Schafherde German
- Viehherde German
- csorda Hungarian
- csordák Hungarian
- Σκερδίλαιδος Ancient Greek
- κόρθυς Ancient Greek
- *kerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *herdō Proto-Germanic
- hjord Swedish
- cūhyrde Old English
- heord Old English
- hierd Old English
- शर्ध Sanskrit
- couherde Middle English
- gosherde Middle English
- goteherd Middle English
- herde Middle English
- oxherd Middle English
- schepherde Middle English
- shepherde Middle English
- hjǫrð Old Norse
- hjord Danish
- *kъrdo Proto-Slavic
- *čerda Proto-Slavic
- krdo Serbo-Croatian
- cireadă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ciurdă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cârd Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- herder Middle Dutch
- herta Old High German
- hirti Old High German
- hjørð Faroese
- Hiert Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Häerd Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- herdhe Albanian
- çerdhe Albanian
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 Gothic
- *ćárdʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- hiorþ Old Swedish
- *herda Frankish
- *śárdʰas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- jabōt Marshallese
- *ardzai Proto-Albanian
- *skarda- Proto-Albanian
- hepara Maori
- ox
- hog
- cat
- boy
- cow
- man
- goat
- neat
- book
- swan
- bear
- horse
- owner
- goose
- woman
- groom
- think
- sheep
- Coward
- herder
- oxherd
- hogherd
- cowherd
- herdful
- herdess
- herdman
- gosherd
- herdboy
- bearherd
- herdsboy
- shepherd
- herdwide
- herdlike
- goatherd
- swanherd
- herdbook
- neatherd
- herdless
- herdable
- herdsman
- intraherd
- herdgroom
- herdowner
- gooseherd
- interherd
- Cowardian
- botherder
- cowherder
- herd cats
- horseherd
- herdthink
- goatherder
- Cowardiana
- cowherdess
- herdswoman
- unherdable
- shepherdly
- sheepherder
- shepherdeth
- shepherdess
- neatherdess
- shepherdish
- goatherdess
- swineherder
- Cowardesque
- shepherdism
- shepherdless
- shepherdship
- shepherdlike
- shepherdling
- undershepherd