The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*herutaz
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*herut
- Old High German · derived fromhiruz
- Middle High German · derived fromhirz
- Yiddish · borrowed fromהירש“deer”
- English todayHersh
Borrowed from Yiddish הירש (hirsh, “deer”), from Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare hart.
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*herut all →
hart
Proto-Germanic*herutaz all →
hart
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.