Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herþô

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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

According to Kroonen, probably related to *hriþriją.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*herþô m[1]

  1. animal skin

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *herþô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *herþô *herþaniz
vocative *herþô *herþaniz
accusative *herþanų *herþanunz
genitive *hirþiniz *herþanǫ̂
dative *hirþini *herþammaz
instrumental *hirþinē *herþammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: heorða, herðe
  • Switzerland German: herde

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hreþrja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246:*herpan-