Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō (army leader). Equivalent to heri (army) +‎ *zogo (leader).[1]

Noun

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herizogo m

  1. duke

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Herzog”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN