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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haimgard
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *haim (“home, village”) + *gard (“enclosure, yard”).[1].
Noun
*haimgard m
- enclosure surrounding a house or group of houses
Declension
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *haimgard | |
| Genitive | *haimgardas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *haimgard | *haimgardō, *haimgardōs |
| Accusative | *haimgard | *haimgardā |
| Genitive | *haimgardas | *haimgardō |
| Dative | *haimgardē | *haimgardum |
| Instrumental | *haimgardu | *haimgardum |
Descendants
- Old High German: heimgart (“forum”)
- → Old French: *hamgart, hangart, hangard
- Middle French: hangart, hangard, hanghart, hangar (“shed, hangar”)
- French: hangar (see there for further descendants)
- Middle French: hangart, hangard, hanghart, hangar (“shed, hangar”)
References
- Walde, Alois (1927–1932), Pokorny, Julius, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), Berlin: de Gruyter, page 608