Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurdiz

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 Pre-Germanic *kr̥h₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-. Cognate with Latin crātis (“wickerwork frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxur.ðiz/

Noun

*hurdiz f

1. wickerwork door or frame, hurdle

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *hurdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hurdiz	*hurdīz
vocative	*hurdi	*hurdīz
accusative	*hurdį	*hurdinz
genitive	*hurdīz	*hurdijǫ̂
dative	*hurdī	*hurdimaz
instrumental	*hurdī	*hurdimiz

Related terms

• *hurdilaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hurdi
  • Old English: *hyrd
    • Middle English: hurde
  • Old Saxon: hurth
    • Middle Low German: hōrde, hōrt
  • Old Dutch: *hurd
    • Middle Dutch: hurde, huerde, horde
      • Dutch: horde, hor
  • Old High German: hurt, hurd
    • Middle High German: hurt
      • German: Hürde
  • → Old French: hort, hourd, hourt, hurde
    • Middle French: hourd
      • French: hourd
    • → Middle English: hord, whourde
      • ⇒ English: hoarding
  • → Medieval Latin: hurdicium, hurdicia
    • Old French: hordëiz, hourdeis, hurdis
      • Middle French: hourdis, hourdy
        • French: hourdis, hourdi
      • → Middle English: hurdeiz, hurdis, hurdice
• Old Norse: hurð
  • Icelandic: hurð
  • Faroese: hurð
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 (haurds)

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN