herde
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a herder, a shepherd
- (dialectal) a boy, a lad, young man
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hirðir derived from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz (herdsman).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hirdijaz
Gloss
herdsman
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kirkkoherra Finnish
- *hirdijaz Proto-Germanic
- herdestund Swedish
- herdesångare Swedish
- kyrka Swedish
- kyrkoherde Swedish
- stund Swedish
- sångare Swedish
- cuhyrde Old English
- gathierde Old English
- hierde Old English
- sceaphierde Old English
- swinhierde Old English
- hirðir Old Norse
- hyrde Danish
- hirðir Icelandic
- hirti Old High German
- hirði Faroese
- Hiert Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- hirdi Old Saxon