köken: From көтөү (kötöw, “herd; to tend to cattle”) + -се (-se, affix forming an agent noun). Cognate with Southern Altai кӱдӱчи (küdüči, “heardsman”).
a herdsman, herd, herder of a flock of animals · a pastoral (clerical) guide · a sheepdog
çekim: çoğul herders
köken: From Middle Dutch herder, earlier herde from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”) + agent suffix -e; the agent suffix -er replaced -e when the latter fell in disuse as signifying agency.
herdsman, herder, herd · shepherd (someone who watches over and guides)
çekim: çoğul paimenet · tamlayan paimenen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *paimën, borrowed from a Baltic language (compare Lithuanian piemuo), from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂imḗn (compare Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn)), from *peh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Latin pastor). Related to Karelian paimoi.