Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/heʀdā

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 *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kés-dʰh₁-eh₂, from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”) with a *dʰh₁-extension similar to that of Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“reward”).^[1]

Noun

*heʀdā f^[1]

tow, flax fibre

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*heʀdā
Genitive	*heʀdōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*heʀdā	*heʀdōn
Accusative	*heʀdōn	*heʀdōn
Genitive	*heʀdōn	*heʀdōnō
Dative	*heʀdōn	heʀdōm, heʀdum
Instrumental	*heʀdōn	heʀdōm, heʀdum

Alternative reconstructions

*hiʀdā

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: heorde
- Middle English: herde, harde, hyrde, hurde
  - ⇒ English: hards, hurds (from the plural)
  - ⇒ Scots: hards, harden, harn (from the plural)
Old Frisian: hede
- Saterland Frisian: Häide
- West Frisian: heed
Old Saxon: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Low German: hêde, heide
  - German Low German: Hede
    - → German: (regional) Hede
    - ⇒ German: verheddern
Old Dutch: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Dutch: herde, heerde, hēde
  - Dutch: hede
→ Old French: hard, hart
- Middle French: hart
  - French: hart

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hezdōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hezdōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

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