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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/heʀdā
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to card; comb”).
Noun
*heʀdā f
- tow, flax fibre
Inflection
ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *heʀdā | |
Genitive | *heʀdōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *heʀdā | *heʀdōn |
Accusative | *heʀdōn | *heʀdōn |
Genitive | *heʀdōn | *heʀdōnō |
Dative | *heʀdōn | *heʀdōm |
Instrumental | *heʀdōn | *heʀdōm |
Alternative reconstructions
- *hiʀdā
Related terms
- *haʀd
- *haʀu
Descendants
- Old English: heord, heorde, heordan
- Middle English: herde, harde; heorden, herden, hurden, hirden, herdes, hardes pl
- English: hards, hurds
- Scots: herdis, hardis, hards
- Middle English: herde, harde; heorden, herden, hurden, hirden, herdes, hardes pl
- Old Frisian: hede
- Saterland Frisian: Häide
- West Frisian: heed
- Old Saxon: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Low German: hêde, heide
- German Low German: Hede
- → German: Hede
- Middle Low German: hêde, heide
- Old Dutch: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Dutch: herde, heerde, hēde
- Dutch: hede
- Middle Dutch: herde, heerde, hēde
- → Old French: hard, hart
- Middle French: hart
- French: hart
- Middle French: hart