herre
Swedish
/hɛ̄rːɛ̂/
noun
Definitions
- a man, a gentleman
- a lord, a master
- (when capitalized: Herren) The Lord
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse herri derived from Old Saxon hērro derived from Old High German hēriro derived from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (grey, distinguished, gray, old, aged).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hairaz
Gloss
grey, distinguished, gray, old, aged
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
古, 老
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hoar English
- hoared English
- hoarfrost English
- hoarfrosted English
- hoarhead English
- hoarwithy English
- hoary English
- aatelisherra Finnish
- feodaaliherra Finnish
- hallitusherra Finnish
- herra Finnish
- herrahissi Finnish
- herrainhuone Finnish
- herrainkaulus Finnish
- herrainkerho Finnish
- herrainvaate Finnish
- herrainvaatehtimo Finnish
- herrakutsut Finnish
- herranen Finnish
- herranterttu Finnish
- herraonni Finnish
- herrarotu Finnish
- herraseura Finnish
- herraskartano Finnish
- herraspoika Finnish
- herrasväki Finnish
- herraus Finnish
- herraviha Finnish
- herroitella Finnish
- herruus Finnish
- hoviherra Finnish
- kamariherra Finnish
- kartanonherra Finnish
- kirkkoherra Finnish
- linnanherra Finnish
- lääninherra Finnish
- maaherra Finnish
- nuoriherra Finnish
- pakkasherra Finnish
- rötösherra Finnish
- sotaherra Finnish
- temppeliherra Finnish
- vapaaherra Finnish
- *(s)ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *key- Proto-Indo-European
- herre Norwegian Bokmål
- *hairaz Proto-Germanic
- egendom Swedish
- egendomsherre Swedish
- herravälde Swedish
- välde Swedish
- världsherravälde Swedish
- herre Norwegian Nynorsk
- har Old English
- hearra Old English
- hār Old English
- hor Middle English
- herra Old Norse
- herri Old Norse
- hárr Old Norse
- herre Danish
- فرس Arabic
- haraz Old French
- herra Icelandic
- herramaður Icelandic
- ráðherra Icelandic
- sendiherra Icelandic
- her Old High German
- herro Old High German
- hēriro Old High German
- hērro Old High German
- härra Estonian
- hēriro Old Dutch
- hērro Old Dutch
- hērro Old Saxon
- herra Old Swedish
- hærre Old Swedish
- harr Westrobothnian
- har Old Frisian
- Herr Hunsrik