herza

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hertā.

Cognate with Old Saxon herta (Low German Hart), Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte (English heart), Old Norse hjarta (Swedish hjärta), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía), Latin cor, Old Irish cride, Russian се́рдце (sérdce), Lithuanian širdis.

Noun

hërza n

1. (anatomy) heart

Declension

Declension of hërza (neuter n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	hërza	hërzun
accusative	hërza	hërzun
genitive	hërzen, hërzin	hërzōno
dative	hërzen, hërzin	hërzōm, hërzōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: hërze, hërz
  • Alemannic German: Härz
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: hèrtz, hèertze (Sette Comuni)

    Mòcheno: hèrz

  • Central Franconian: Hätz, Hetz (variant spelling); Hatz (Ripuarian); Herz (Ripuarian variant); Hearz (Moselle Franconian variant), Häerz

    Hunsrik: Herz

  • German: Herz
  • Luxembourgish: Häerz
  • Silesian East Central German: Herze / Härze (Breslauisch) / Harze n
    • ⇒ Silesian East Central German: / harzlich
  • Vilamovian: haoc
  • Yiddish: האַרץ (harts)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition