her
English
/ˈhɜː(ɹ)/, /ə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɝ/, /ɚ/
determiner
Definitions
- Belonging to her (belonging to that female, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English here (army) inherited from Old English hiere (her) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (hij, gem-pro).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hezōi
Gloss
hij, gem-pro
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- herness English
- hers English
- herself English
- name English
- what's English
- whatshername English
- ihr German
- ihrige German
- baardhaar Dutch, Flemish
- beharing Dutch, Flemish
- grijsharig Dutch, Flemish
- haar Dutch, Flemish
- haarbal Dutch, Flemish
- haarband Dutch, Flemish
- haarborstel Dutch, Flemish
- haardos Dutch, Flemish
- haardroger Dutch, Flemish
- haarnaald Dutch, Flemish
- haarschuier Dutch, Flemish
- haarspeld Dutch, Flemish
- haarspray Dutch, Flemish
- haarstuk Dutch, Flemish
- haaruitval Dutch, Flemish
- haarverf Dutch, Flemish
- haarverlies Dutch, Flemish
- harig Dutch, Flemish
- kortharig Dutch, Flemish
- langharig Dutch, Flemish
- melkboerenhondenhaar Dutch, Flemish
- okselhaar Dutch, Flemish
- roodhaar Dutch, Flemish
- roodharig Dutch, Flemish
- snorhaar Dutch, Flemish
- wolharig Dutch, Flemish
- zweephaar Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱe Proto-Indo-European
- *hezōi Proto-Germanic
- here Old English
- hiere Old English
- ere Middle English
- heore Middle English
- here Middle English
- heres Middle English
- hire Middle English
- hires Middle English
- haer Middle Dutch
- haar Afrikaans
- ir Middle High German
- hiro Old Dutch
- höör North Frisian