hernois

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Old Norse *hernest,[1] from Old Norse herr (“army”) + nest (“equipment”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)).

Noun

hernois oblique singular, m (oblique plural hernois, nominative singular hernois, nominative plural hernois)

  1. equipment for battle

Descendants

  • → Catalan: arnès
  • French: harnais, harnois
  • Norman: hèrnais
  • Walloon: haerna, herna
  • → Middle Dutch: harnas
  • → Middle English: harneys
  • → Middle High German: harnasch, harnisch
  • → Italian: arnese
  • → Portuguese: arnês
  • → Spanish: arnés

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*hernest”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 202
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