Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerdaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.
Verb
*gerdaną[1]
- to gird
Inflection
Conjugation of *gerdaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- >? Old Frisian: gerda (may also derive from *gurdijaną)
- Old Norse: *gjarða
- Faroese: gjarða (weak, but may have been strong originally)
- Gothic: *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gairdan) (in 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan), 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (ufgairdan))
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gerdan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175