Proto-Germanic: *xrik=, *skrīk=; *x(r)igr=, *x(r)aigr=, *xraigr=, *x(r)igr=
Meaning: a bird
Old Norse: hegri m. `Reiher'
Norwegian: ager-riks `rallus crex'; dial. heigre, hegre
Swedish: häger
Danish: heire
Old English: hrāgra `Reiher'; scrīc `Würger' (сорокопут); higora `Häher, Elster, Dohle, Specht'
Old Saxon: higara; regera, heiger
Middle Dutch: reigher, rēgher m.; (h)eigher, (h)ēgher
Dutch: reiger m.
Middle Low German: reiger, rēger, hēger, heiger
Old High German: { hehara } heigaro (9.Jh.), { heigir }; reigaro `Reiher' (9./10.Jh.)
Middle High German: heiger st. m. 'reiher', reiger, reigel st. m., { reier } `Reiher'
German: Reiher; Reiger (bis 19.Jh.)
