Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/heʀdā

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-Indo-European *kes- (“to card; comb”).

Noun

*heʀdā f

tow, flax fibre

Inflection

ōn-stem
	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
Old Frisian: hede
- Saterland Frisian: Häide
- West Frisian: heed
Old Saxon: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Low German: hêde, heide
  - German Low German: Hede
  - → German: Hede
Old Dutch: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Dutch: herde, heerde, hēde
  - Dutch: hede
→ Old French: hard, hart
- Middle French: hart
  - French: hart