Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hertā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *hertô.

Noun

*hertā n[1]

heart

Inflection

Neuter an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hertā
Genitive	hertini, hertan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hertā	*hertōn
Accusative	*hertā	*hertōn
Genitive	hertini, hertan	*hertanō
Dative	hertini, hertan	*hertum
Instrumental	hertini, hertan	*hertum

Derived terms

*hirtijan

Descendants

Old English: heorte, hearte, hiorte
- Middle English: herte, hart, harte, heorte, hert, hertt, hirte, huerte; heortæ, heorrte, herrte, hierte, horte, hurte
  - English: heart (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: hert, hart, hairt
  - Yola: hearth, hart
Old Frisian: herte, hirte
- Saterland Frisian: Haat
- West Frisian: hert
Old Saxon: herta, herte
- Middle Low German: herte, harte
  - Low German: Hart, Hiärt
  - German Low German: Hart
  - Plautdietsch: Hoat
Old Dutch: herta
- Middle Dutch: herte
  - Dutch: hart
    - Afrikaans: hart
  - Limburgish: hert
  - West Flemish: erte
Old High German: herza
- Middle High German: hërze, hërz
  - Alemannic German: Härz
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: hèrtz, hèertze
    Mòcheno: hèrz
  - Central Franconian: Hätz, Hetz; Hatz; Herz; Hearz, Häerz
    Hunsrik: Herz
  - German: Herz
  - Luxembourgish: Häerz
  - Silesian German: Herze/ Härze(Breslauisch) / Harze n
    - ⇒ Silesian German: / harzlich
  - Vilamovian: haoc
  - Yiddish: האַרץ‎ (harts)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *hertā”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *hertā”