herro
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See also: herró
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Interjection[edit]
herro
Usage notes[edit]
Generally used in mockery of East Asians, based on a Japanese pronunciation.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old High German hērro.
Noun[edit]
hērro m
Inflection[edit]
Declension of herro (masculine weak n-stem)
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier hērōro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times.
Noun[edit]
hērro m
Declension[edit]
Declension of hērro (masculine n-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle High German: herre
References[edit]
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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