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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*haigrô (by dissimilation)

Etymology

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

Noun

*hraigrô m

heron

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hraigrô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hraigrô	*hraigraniz
vocative	*hraigrô	*hraigraniz
accusative	*hraigranų	*hraigranunz
genitive	*hraigriniz	*hraigranǫ̂
dative	*hraigrini	*hraigrammaz
instrumental	*hraigrinē	*hraigrammiz

Descendants

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)