French héraut

← English Walter (mention)

← French faraud (doublet)

← Old French heraut (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *ker- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (mention)

→ English herald (cognate)

→ Spanish heraldo (borrowed)

→ French héraldique (mention)

→ French faraud (doublet)

→ Portuguese arauto (borrowed)

→ Swedish härold (cognate)