hegri

Faroese

/ˈhɛkɹɪ/

noun

Definitions

a heron (long-legged freshwater and coastal birds of the family Ardeidae)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse hegri (heron) derived from Proto-Germanic *haigrô derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kreik-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

haikara Finnish
*(s)kreik- Proto-Indo-European
hegre Norwegian Bokmål
*haigrô Proto-Germanic
häger Swedish
hegre Norwegian Nynorsk
hegri Old Norse
hejre Danish
hegri Icelandic
*hraigrō gmw-pro
*korxsā Proto-Celtic
*herigo Frankish