heiron
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
heiron
- Alternative form of heron
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).
Noun[edit]
heiron oblique singular, m (oblique plural heirons, nominative singular heirons, nominative plural heiron)
- heron (animal)
Descendants[edit]
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: aigron, hégron (Bourbonnais), aigueron, aigron (Berrichon)
- Franc-Comtois: âron
- Middle French: heron, hairon
- French: héron
- Gallo: aégron
- Picard: hérôn, éron (Athois)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: égrun, égroun
- Walloon: éron (Forrières)
- → Middle English: heron, heroun, heiron
- English: heron