Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ardiz

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a specialised use of *ardiz, a by-form of *arþiz (“plough; acre; farmland”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) (whence also *arjaną and *arþrą; compare Latin area); or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ér-ti-s ~ *h₂r̥-tey-s, from *h₂er- (“to join; fit together”) (see *armaz and Latin ars).

Pronunciation

Noun

*ardiz m or f

  1. characteristic; inborn quality
  2. nature; character
  3. type; kind; manner; sort

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *ardiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ardiz *ardīz
vocative *ardi *ardīz
accusative *ardį *ardinz
genitive *ardīz *ardijǫ̂
dative *ardī *ardimaz
instrumental *ardī *ardimiz

Descendants

  • Old English: eard
    • Middle English: erd, ard; art (“locality, district”)
  • Old Frisian: *ard, *erd
    • Saterland Frisian: Oard
    • West Frisian: aard
  • Old Saxon: *ard
  • Old Dutch: *ard
  • Old High German: art
  • Old Norse: arðr (in einarðr)
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