herja
Finnish
noun
Definitions
- slur
- (archaic) villain
- (archaic) predator, beast of prey
- (archaic) evil spirit (of throat disease), demon
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse herja.
Origin
Old Norse
herja
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heitto Finnish
- herjaaja Finnish
- herjaaminen Finnish
- herjakirjoitus Finnish
- herjanheitto Finnish
- herjasana Finnish
- herjata Finnish
- herjaus Finnish
- kirjoitus Finnish
- sana Finnish
- herje Norwegian Bokmål
- *harjōną Proto-Germanic
- härja Swedish
- herja Norwegian Nynorsk
- herje Norwegian Nynorsk
- herja Old Norse
- herja Faroese
- hæria Old Swedish
- häri Westrobothnian
- hæriæ Old Danish