different between heron vs yeron

English

Etymology

From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch *heigero (compare Middle Dutch heiger), from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigr?, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hr?gra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek ????? (kríz?, “to creak, screech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

heron (plural herons)

1. A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

Coordinate terms

• (a wading bird): egret, bittern, crane, heronsew, stork

Translations

Further reading

• heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Honer, Horne, Rhone, Rhône, honer, horne, rhone

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hayroun, heyroun, heroun, herne, heiron, heyrune, heyrone, herowne, heern

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hair?, *haigr?, from Old Dutch *heigero, from Frankish/Proto-West Germanic *hraigr?, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??run/, /?h??r(?)n/, /?h?i?run/, /h?i??ru?n/

Noun

heron (plural herons)

1. the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
2. the meat of a heron used as food.

Related terms

• heronsewe

Descendants

• English: heron, hern
• Scots: hern

References

• “heir?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• hairon

Etymology

From Old French heron, of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *hraigr?.

Noun

heron m (plural herons)

1. heron

Descendants

• French: héron

English

Noun

yeron

1. Obsolete form of iron.

Anagrams

• Noyer, Roney, noyer, onery