Heer

German (Berlin)

/heːr/

noun
Definitions
  • army ground forces

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German heri (army) inherited from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (army, warrior, commander, host) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat), *ker- (army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ker-

Gloss

army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

火

Emoji
🪖

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