har

har · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kerd-“to move, sway, swing, jump”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*herzô“hinge”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*herʀō
4. Old English · inherited fromheorra“hinge; cardinal point”
5. Middle English · inherited fromharre
6. English todayhar

Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

har · interjection²

Onomatopoeic.

har · particle³

1. Hokkien · borrowed from哈
2. English todayhar

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

Har · proper noun⁴

1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromहरि
2. English todayHar

Abbreviation or ellipsis of Sanskrit हरि (hari)

Words from the same roots