Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German hirt, from Old High German hirti, hirt, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz (herder, herdsman). Cognate with German Hirt, Hirte, English herd.

Noun edit

hiart m (plural hiirtediminutive hiirtle)

  1. (Sette Comuni) servant

Further reading edit

  • “hiart” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo