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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Gaiʀahard
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *hard(ī) (“brave, hard”).
Noun
*Gaiʀahard m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Gerard
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *Gaiʀahard | |
Genitive | *Gaiʀahardas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *Gaiʀahard | — |
Accusative | *Gaiʀahard | — |
Genitive | *Gaiʀahardas | — |
Dative | *Gaiʀahardē | — |
Instrumental | *Gaiʀahardu | — |
Descendants
- Old Dutch: [Term?]
- Middle Dutch: [Term?]
- Dutch: Gerard, Geert
- Middle Dutch: [Term?]
- Old High German: Gērhart
- German: Gerhard
- → Old Norse: Geirarðr
- → Old French: Gerart
- French: Gérard
- → English: Gerard
- → Irish: Gearóid
- → Latin: Gerardus
- Italian: Gerardo, Gherardo
- Spanish: Gerardo