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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herþô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
According to Kroonen, probably related to *hriþriją.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxer.θɔːː/
Noun
*herþô m[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
- Swiss High German: herde
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hreþrja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246: “*herpan-”