Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "hart, male deer" [1]. Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturesheorot(Anglo-Saxon) hiruz(Old High German) hjǫrtr(Old Norse) Given Name DescendantsHersh, Hirsh(Yiddish) Surname DescendantsHjort(Danish) Hart(English) Hirsch(German) Hersch, Hirsch(Jewish) Hjort(Swedish) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 223.