heorte

== Middle English == === Noun === heorte (West Midland, Southern) alternative form of herte == Old English == === Alternative forms === herte — Northumbrian hearte, hiorte === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hertā. Cognate with Old Frisian herte, Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, Old High German herza, Old Norse hjarta, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek καρδία (kardía), Latin cor, Welsh craidd, Russian се́рдце (sérdce), Lithuanian širdis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxe͜or.te/, [ˈhe͜orˠ.te] === Noun === heorte f heart (muscle) heart (seat of emotion) c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord" Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== heortlēas -heort ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: herte, hert, hertt, hirte, heortæ, hierte (Early Middle English), hart, harte (Late Middle English), herrte, heorrte (Ormulum), heorte, horte, huerte, hurte (West Midland, Southern)English: heart (see there for further descendants)Scots: hert, hart, hairtYola: hearth, hart