herro

== English == === Alternative forms === harro === Interjection === herro (offensive) Pronunciation spelling of hello. ==== Usage notes ==== Generally used in mockery of East Asians, based on a Japanese pronunciation. === Anagrams === Hoerr, Rehor, Roehr == Old Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old High German hērro. === Noun === hērro m master, lord ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== hēro ==== Derived terms ==== hērduom kirikahērro lēnhērro ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: hêreDutch: heerAfrikaans: heerLimburgish: hieër ==== Further reading ==== “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old High German == === Alternative forms === hēriro, hēro === Etymology === From earlier hērōro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times. === Noun === hērro m lord, master ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== weralthēriro ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: herre Alemannic German: Heer Cimbrian: hear, hèere (Sette Comuni) Central Franconian: Hunsrik: Herr, hër German: Herr Rhine Franconian: Pennsylvania German: Harr Yiddish: הער (her) ==== References ==== Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press