hert
Middle English
/hɛrt/
noun
Definitions
- A hart red deer, usually the male
- A depiction of a hart, including in heraldry.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English heorot (stag) inherited from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (stag, deer).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*herutaz
Gloss
stag, deer
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鹿
Emoji
🦌
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elkhart English
- Elkhart Lake English
- hart English
- hartshorn English
- hartwort English
- *kerud- Proto-Indo-European
- *kerw- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóru Proto-Indo-European
- *herutaz Proto-Germanic
- heorot Old English
- hjǫrtr Old Norse
- hiruz Old High German
- *herut gmw-pro
- hirot Old Dutch
- hirut Old Dutch
- hert Old Frisian