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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaʀd
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gazdaz.
Noun
*gaʀd m[1]
- goad
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gaʀd | |
| Genitive | *gaʀdas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gaʀd | *gaʀdō, *gaʀdōs |
| Accusative | *gaʀd | *gaʀdā |
| Genitive | *gaʀdas | *gaʀdō |
| Dative | *gaʀdē | *gaʀdum |
| Instrumental | *gaʀdu | *gaʀdum |
Related terms
- *gaʀdi
Descendants
- Old Saxon: gard
- Middle Low German: gart
- Old Dutch: *gard
- Middle Dutch: gart, gāert
- Dutch: gard
- Middle Dutch: gart, gāert
- Old High German: gart
- Middle High German: gart
- German: Gart
- Middle High German: gart
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *gazd”