| Pers. | xers | bear (bristled hair on back) |
| Anc.Greek | chèr, chèros | hedgehog, > Lat. her id. |
| Span. | jaro | resembling a wild boar (hogs): bristled hair |
| Gallego | cairo | bird with scarce feathers (bristled aspect) |
| Franç. | hirsute | shaggy |
| Ital.:Ven. | chérso | Shelduck, 36; Black Scoter, 57 from their protuberance on the bill |
| Anc.Greek | kírsion | thistle |
| Breton | kerc'heiz | Grey Heron, 118 |
| Breton | iourc'h | roe deer |
| Lat. | hircus | billy goat |
| Span. | corzo | red deer |
| Germ. | hirz | red deer, Frisk 1: 924 |
| Germ.reg. | herzeule | Long-eared Owl, 248 |
| Germ.reg. | hirschenkuckuck | Hoopoe, 263 |
| Germ. | hirse | barley |
| Germ. | Harz | an oronym |
| Basque | hartzi | shaggy |
| Ital.reg. | sgherz et var. | Grey Heron, 118 |
| Franç. | herse | harrow |
| Franç. | ers | a kind of vetch: plant with tendrils (Pers. rišah, hereunder) |
| Franç.rég. | erson | and var. eurson,ureson,oureson,archon hedgehog |
| Franç. | hérisson | hedgehog; flue brush etc. |
| Franç.rég. | éruchon | Hydnumrepandum, a mushroom with points |
| Ital.: Sard. | erizza | thistle |
| Span.: Ast. | arizo | urchin;Port.ourizo id. |
| Ital.: Sard. | arittu, irittu, erithone | hedgehog |
| Roman. | ariciu | id. |
| Lat. | ericius | id. |
| Roman. | iritâ, ieritâ | a variety of wheat; dodder (tendril-like plant) |
| Russian | jarica | a variety of wheat |