Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/herdu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herdō.

Noun

*herdu f

herd

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*herdu
Genitive	*herdā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*herdu	*herdō
Accusative	*herdā	*herdā
Genitive	*herdā	*herdō
Dative	*herdē	*herdōm
Instrumental	*herdu	*herdōm

Descendants

Old English: heord, hierd
- Middle English: heorde, herde, heerde
  - Scots: hird, herd
  - English: herd
Old Frisian: *herde; (herdere)
- (West Frisian: harder, hoeder)
Old Saxon: herda
- Middle Low German: hērde, hirde
  - German Low German: Heerde
Old Dutch: *herda
- Middle Dutch: herde, harde, hāerde, hēerde, hirde
Old High German: herta
- Middle High German: hërt
  - German: Herde
  - Luxembourgish: Häerd
→ Old French: herde
- Middle French: harde
  - French: harde