herd

(Engels)

Noun

1. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
2. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
3. (derogatory, usually) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
2. (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
3. (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
4. (intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
5. To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)

Verb

1. (Scotland, intransitive) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
2. (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
3. (transitive) To move or drive a herd.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hɜːd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: herde

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hierd

Verwant aan Duits: Herde

Verwant aan Deens: hjord

Verwant aan Zweeds: hjord

Verwant aan Albanees: herdhe

Verwant aan Servo-Kroatisch: krdo

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hirde

Verwant aan Duits: Hirte

Verwant aan Zweeds: herde

Verwant aan Deens: hyrde

In summary

From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.

Concepten

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Synoniemen

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