Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gurdijan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną.

Verb

*gurdijan

1. to gird

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*gurdijan
1st sg. past	*gurdidā
Infinitive	*gurdijan
Genitive infin.	*gurdijannjas
Dative infin.	*gurdijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gurdijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gurdiju	*gurdidā
2nd singular	*gurdisi	*gurdidēs, *gurdidōs
3rd singular	*gurdiþi	*gurdidē, *gurdidā
1st plural	*gurdijum	*gurdidum
2nd plural	*gurdiþ	*gurdidud
3rd plural	*gurdijanþ	*gurdidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gurdijē	*gurdidī
2nd singular	*gurdijēs	*gurdidī
3rd singular	*gurdijē	*gurdidī
1st plural	*gurdijēm	*gurdidīm
2nd plural	*gurdijēþ	*gurdidīd
3rd plural	*gurdijēn	*gurdidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gurdi
Plural	*gurdiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*gurdijandī	*gurdid

Related terms

• *gard
• *gurdil

Descendants

• Old English: gyrdan, girdan
  • Middle English: gurden, gyrden, girden
    • English: gird
    • Scots: gyrd, gird
• Old Frisian: *gerda, *gurdia
  • West Frisian: gurdzja
• Old Saxon: gurdian, gurdan
  • Middle Low German: gorden
    • Low German: gorren
• Old Dutch: gurden
  • Middle Dutch: gorden
    • Dutch: gorden
• Old High German: gurten
  • Middle High German: gurten, gürten
    • German: gürten