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English word deer comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰō(w)-, Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm, Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃eh₂, Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsós, and later Proto-Germanic *deuzą ((wild) animal, beast.)
*dʰō(w)- (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰewsóm (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰegʷʰris (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰórh₃eh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰewsós (Proto-Indo-European)
*deuzą (Proto-Germanic)
(wild) animal, beast.
*diurijaz (Proto-Germanic)
Dear, precious. Expensive.
*deuzaz (Proto-Germanic)
Wild, fierce, bold.
*darō (Proto-Germanic)
Injury; damage; harm.
dēore (Old English)
deore (Old English)
Dearly Dear.
daru (Old English)
dȳr (Old English)
der (Middle English)
deer (English)
(in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk.. (obsolete, especially, in the phrase "small deer") An animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.. A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.. The meat of such an [...]