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As a German, I would not consider the expression "Gott der Herr" to be old-fashioned...
I'm doing my family genealogy and around 1840 my ggg grandfather was called "Herpy" Cramblit where his first name was Andrew. I was wondering if "Herr-py or Herrpy" could be and endearing term for "Grandpa"? Terry Parks: paroman@flash.net
- Sorry, perhaps google could help you find a better resource to that information. --Connel MacKenzie 08:26, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
Herr: member of a group of free warriors (HEER),old german language(saxonian)
Hair and not Lord?[edit]
It seems impossible that the etymology is hair and not the German Her, meaning Lord. — This unsigned comment was added by 120.29.78.26 (talk) at 17:20, 22 November 2020 (UTC).
- So the word came from itself? This is the etymology for the word you're giving as the origin. Considering that English lord came from "keeper of loaves" and lady from "loaf-kneader", this etymology doesn't seem that far-fetched. Semantically it's pretty close to English elder. Latin senior comes from the comparative form of senex (“old”), and the senate was originally a council of elders. Chuck Entz (talk) 19:01, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
- You again? Yes, the word comes from itself. Should it not? Keeper of the loaves? No. Try "warrior, lord, master". Loaf-kneader? No again. It is from Freya, the goddess of beauty and love. I fail to see how these German words somehow come from Spanish or English or Latin. "Senex" does not even remotely look like "Herr". Any layman can see that! It has nothing to do with anything. I am curious how old you are? I find these issues on the internet from many young people that have never read books. If there is a connection to "hair", I would be open to exploring that. But basing German etymology on Spanish culture is just a joke. 120.29.108.137 13:05, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- I'm 62 years old, and I have a degree in linguistics from UCLA, including a class in historical linguistics. Look up the etymologies for lord (Old English hlaford) and lady (Old English hlæfdige) in any dictionary. As for what the Germanic words look like, what does that have to do with semantics? Besides which, if you think "lady" looks like "Freya", you need glasses. Chuck Entz (talk) 16:06, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- You again? Yes, the word comes from itself. Should it not? Keeper of the loaves? No. Try "warrior, lord, master". Loaf-kneader? No again. It is from Freya, the goddess of beauty and love. I fail to see how these German words somehow come from Spanish or English or Latin. "Senex" does not even remotely look like "Herr". Any layman can see that! It has nothing to do with anything. I am curious how old you are? I find these issues on the internet from many young people that have never read books. If there is a connection to "hair", I would be open to exploring that. But basing German etymology on Spanish culture is just a joke. 120.29.108.137 13:05, 9 December 2020 (UTC)