hernois
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Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely a borrowing from Old Norse *hernest,[1] from Old Norse herr (“army”) + nest (“equipment”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)).
Noun
[edit]hernois oblique singular, m (oblique plural hernois, nominative singular hernois, nominative plural hernois)
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: arnès
- French: harnais, harnois
- Norman: hèrnais
- Walloon: haerna, herna
- → Middle Dutch: harnas
- Dutch: harnas
- → Middle English: harneys
- English: harness
- → Middle High German: harnasch, harnisch
- German: Harnisch
- → Italian: arnese
- → Portuguese: arnês
- → Spanish: arnés
References
[edit]- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*hernest”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 202