Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hraigrô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

• *haigrô (by dissimilation)

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱrey- (“to scream, screech”), from *sḱer- (“to caw, crow”).

*hraigrô m

1. heron

• Proto-West Germanic: *hraigrō
  • Old English: hrāgra
    • ⇒? Old English: *sċitehrāgra, *sċitehrāga
      • Middle English: schiterow
        • Yola: shederow
  • Old Frisian: *hrāgra, *hrēgra
    • Saterland Frisian: Reger
    • West Frisian: reager
  • Old Saxon: *hrēgar; hēgiro
    • Middle Low German: rêger, reiger
      • German Low German: Reiger
  • Old Dutch: heigero, *reigaro, *rēgaro
    • Middle Dutch: heiger, reiger, rêger
      • Dutch: reiger
        • Afrikaans: reier
      • Limburgish: reiger
  • Old High German: heigaro, reigaro, reigar
    • Middle High German: heiger, reiger
      • German: Reiher
        • → Saterland Frisian: Raier
    • Luxembourgish: Räer
    • → Italian: airone (partially from Old French)
  • → Medieval Latin: hairō (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: hegri
  • Icelandic: hegri
  • Faroese: hegri
  • Norwegian: hegre, heire
  • Old Swedish: hægher
    • Swedish: häger
  • Danish: hejre
  • → Scots: hegrie, haigrie
• → Proto-Finnic: *haikari (see there for further descendants)