heiron
Middle English edit
Noun edit
heiron
- Alternative form of heron
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).
Noun edit
heiron oblique singular, m (oblique plural heirons, nominative singular heirons, nominative plural heiron)
- heron (animal)
Descendants edit
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: aigron, hégron (Bourbonnais), aigueron, aigron (Berrichon)
- Franc-Comtois: âron
- Middle French: heron, hairon
- French: héron
- Gallo: aégron
- Picard: hérôn, éron (Athois)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: égrun, égroun
- Walloon: éron (Forrières)
- → Middle English: heron, heroun, heiron
- English: heron