Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaʀdi
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike, goad”). Compare *gaʀd (“goad”).[1]
Noun
*gaʀdi f[2]
Inflection
| ī/jō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gaʀdi | |
| Genitive | *gaʀdijā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gaʀdi | *gaʀdijō |
| Accusative | *gaʀdijā | *gaʀdijā |
| Genitive | *gaʀdijā | *gaʀdijō |
| Dative | *gaʀdijē | *gaʀdijōm, *gaʀdijum |
| Instrumental | *gaʀdiju | *gaʀdijōm, *gaʀdijum |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: ġierd, ġird, ġyrd
- >? Old English: ġeard (possibly dissimilated in gender from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀd m)
- Old Frisian: jerde
- Old Saxon: gerdia
- Middle Low German: gērde
- Old Dutch: *gerda
- Old High German: gerta, gartea
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gard”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 242: “PWGmc *gazdi”