herro
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See also: herró
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]herro
Usage notes
[edit]Generally used in mockery of East Asians, based on a Japanese pronunciation.
Anagrams
[edit]Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old High German hērro.
Noun
[edit]hērro m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of herro (masculine weak n-stem)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier hērōro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times.
Noun
[edit]hērro m
Declension
[edit]Declension of hērro (masculine n-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle High German: herre
References
[edit]- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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