Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hirdī
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.
Noun[edit]
*hirdī m[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hirdī | |
| Genitive | *hirdijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hirdī | *hirdijō, *hirdijōs |
| Accusative | *hirdī | *hirdijā |
| Genitive | *hirdijas | *hirdijō |
| Dative | *hirdijē | *hirdijum |
| Instrumental | *hirdiju | *hirdijum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: hierde, hyrde, hiorde, hirde, heorde
- Old Frisian: *herde, *hirde
- East Frisian: höid
- Old Saxon: hirdi, herdi
- Old Dutch: *hirdi
- Middle Dutch: herde
- Old High German: hirti, hirt
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46: “PWGmc *hirdī”