heiron

Middle English

Noun

heiron

1. Alternative form of heron

Old French

Alternative forms

• heron, herone, heroun

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).

Noun

heiron oblique singular, m (oblique plural heirons, nominative singular heirons, nominative plural heiron)

1. heron (animal)

Descendants

• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: aigron, hégron (Bourbonnais), aigueron, aigron (Berrichon)
• Franc-Comtois: âron
• Middle French: heron, hairon
  • French: héron
• Gallo: aégron
• Picard: hérôn, éron (Athois)
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: égrun, égroun
• Walloon: éron (Forrières)
• → Middle English: heron, hayroun, heern, heiron, herne, heroun, herowne, heyrone, heyroun, heyrune
  • English: heron, hern
  • Scots: hern