Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurdilaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurdilaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *gurdijaną +‎ *-ilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣur.di.lɑz/

Noun

*gurdilaz m

1. girdle

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *gurdilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gurdilaz	*gurdilōz, *gurdilōs
vocative	*gurdil	*gurdilōz, *gurdilōs
accusative	*gurdilą	*gurdilanz
genitive	*gurdilas, *gurdilis	*gurdilǫ̂
dative	*gurdilai	*gurdilamaz
instrumental	*gurdilō	*gurdilamiz

Synonyms

• *gerdō

Related terms

• *gerdaną
• *gurdijaną

Descendants

• Old English: gyrdel
  • Middle English: gurdel, gerdel, girdel
    • Scots: gyrdill, girdill
    • English: girdle
• Old Frisian: gerdel
  • Saterland Frisian: Gäddel
  • West Frisian: gurdle
• Old Saxon: gurdil
  • Middle Low German: gördel, gordel
    • German Low German: Gördel
• Old Dutch: *gurdel
  • Middle Dutch: gordel
    • Dutch: gordel
• Old High German: gurtil, gurtila
  • Middle High German: gürtel
    • German: Gürtel
    • Luxembourgish: Gierel
• Old Norse: gyrðill
  • Icelandic: gyrðill
  • Faroese: gyrðil
  • Swedish: gördel (possibly loan from Low German)
  • Danish: gjordel, gyrdel, gjortel, gyrtel, gørtel (forms influenced by Low German and Standard German)