herd

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 267 words | Copyright

herd2 keeper of a herd. OE. hi(e)rde = OS. hirdi, herdi, OHG. hirti (G. hirte), ON. hirðir, Goth. hairdeis :- Gmc. *χerðjaz, f. *χerðō (see prec.).
Hence herd vb. intr. XIV; trans. XVI. herdsman XVII. alt. of herdman (OE. hierdemann).

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