herra
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- mister, gentleman
- sir
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Saxon hērro derived from Old Dutch hēriro derived from Old High German hērro (master) derived from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (grey, distinguished, gray, old, aged).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hairaz
Gloss
grey, distinguished, gray, old, aged
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
古, 老
Emoji
🐨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hoar English
- hoared English
- hoarfrost English
- hoarfrosted English
- hoarhead English
- hoarwithy English
- hoary English
- herra Finnish
- hehr German
- herrlich German
- *(s)ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *key- Proto-Indo-European
- *hairaz Proto-Germanic
- har Old English
- hearra Old English
- hār Old English
- hor Middle English
- herri Old Norse
- hárr Old Norse
- herre Danish
- فرس Arabic
- haraz Old French
- herra Icelandic
- herramaður Icelandic
- ráðherra Icelandic
- sendiherra Icelandic
- her Old High German
- herro Old High German
- hēriro Old High German
- hērro Old High German
- harri Faroese
- herre Middle High German
- herro Old Dutch
- hēriro Old Dutch
- гарний Ukrainian
- hērro Old Saxon
- Heer Alemannic German
- herra Old Swedish
- har Old Frisian
- Harr Pennsylvania German