hjort

Swedish

/jʊrt/

noun
Definitions
  • a deer, a hart

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish hiorter inherited from Old Norse hjǫrtr inherited from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (stag, deer) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kerw-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kerw-

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