Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hirdī

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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 *hirdijaz.

Noun

*hirdī m

  1. herdsman, herder

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *hirdī
Genitive *hirdijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hirdī *hirdijō, *hirdijōs
Accusative *hirdī *hirdijā
Genitive *hirdijas *hirdijō
Dative *hirdijē *hirdijum
Instrumental *hirdiju *hirdijum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46: “PWGmc *hirdī”
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