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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/herdu
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
- Middle English: heorde, herde, heerde
- Old Frisian: *herde; (herdere)
- (West Frisian: harder, hoeder)
- Old Saxon: herda
- Middle Low German: hērde, hirde
- German Low German: Heerde
- Middle Low German: hērde, hirde
- Old Dutch: *herda
- Middle Dutch: herde, harde, hāerde, hēerde, hirde
- Old High German: herta
- Middle High German: hërt
- German: Herde
- Luxembourgish: Häerd
- Middle High German: hërt
- → Old French: herde
- Middle French: harde
- French: harde
- Middle French: harde