Talk:heron
Latest comment: 14 years ago by Flibjib8 in topic Etymology
Etymology
[edit]User:Flibjib8 added this detailed etymology, and it appears to be riddled with mistakes. First, I think he just copied it from somewhere, as I see these same impossible Greek transliterations on several other Internet sites. Other languages seem wrong, too. I suggest we delete it and return to the pre-User:Flibjib8 etymology. —Stephen 01:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah Greek doesn't (and never has had) a true (deprecated template usage) h. I support the move, see his user talk. Think he was permablocked on fr:, or else after a series of blocks, he just gave up. Mglovesfun (talk) 01:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- I restored and revised my previous etymology. Here I have added the same, in abbreviated form, and full of references. Admittedly, some things I couldn't find again, namely the Greek that I assume was mistranslitterated, so I have left them out. In the future, I'd appreciate it if you'd make a valid check on an etymology (i.e., in a book) before removing it on a whim.
heron - ME heiroun, hayroun, fr. A-Fr hairon, heiron, fr. OLFrk *heigro[1] (cf. OHG heigir,[2][3][4] heigaro[5]), fr. PGmc *xaiʒarōn[6][7] (cf. Sw häger, Dan. hejre),[8] dissimilated form of *xraiʒrōn[9][10] (cf. OE hrāgra,[11][12] WFris reager, Du reiger,[13] G Reiher[14][15]), fr. PIE *kroikro,[16] fr. *(s)ker-[17] (cf. W cryg ‘hoarse’,[18] cregyr ‘heron’,[19] Lith krỹkšti ‘to shriek’,[20] OSl kričati ‘to cry out’,[21] krikŭ ‘screaming’,[22] Gk krízein ‘to creak’,[23] aor. kríke ‘it creaked’[24]).
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