Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herdō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with Russian череда́ (čeredá, “train, sequence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxer.ðɔː/

Noun

*herdō f

1. herd

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *herdō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*herdō	*herdôz
vocative	*herdō	*herdôz
accusative	*herdǭ	*herdōz
genitive	*herdōz	*herdǫ̂
dative	*herdōi	*herdōmaz
instrumental	*herdō	*herdōmiz

Derived terms

• *hirdijaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *herdu
  • Old English: heord, hierd
    • Middle English: heorde, herde, heerde
      • English: herd
      • Scots: hird, herd
  • Old Frisian: *herde; (herdere)
    • (West Frisian: harder, hoeder)
  • Old Saxon: herda
    • Middle Low German: hērde, hirde
      • German Low German: Heerde
  • Old Dutch: *herda
    • Middle Dutch: herde, harde, hāerde, hēerde, hirde
  • Old High German: herta
    • Middle High German: hërt
      • German: Herde
      • Luxembourgish: Häerd
  • → Old French: herde
    • Middle French: harde
      • French: harde
• Old Norse: hjǫrð
  • Icelandic: hjörð
  • Faroese: hjørð
  • Norwegian: hjord
  • Old Swedish: hiorþ
    • Swedish: hjord
  • Danish: hjord
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (hairda)