Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hīwarād

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 *hīw +‎ *rād.

Noun

*hīwarād m

1. family
2. marriage

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hīwarād
Genitive	*hīwarādas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hīwarād	*hīwarādō, *hīwarādōs
Accusative	*hīwarād	*hīwarādā
Genitive	*hīwarādas	*hīwarādō
Dative	*hīwarādē	*hīwarādum
Instrumental	*hīwarādu	*hīwarādum

Descendants

• Old English: hīrēd, hēored, hīered, hīorad, hīræd, hīrd, hȳred
  • Middle English: hird, herd, herde, hert, hired, hyrd, hyrt; hirð, hireden, hirt
  • → Old Norse: hirð
    • Icelandic: hirð
    • Faroese: hirð
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hird, hyrd
      • → English: hird
    • Old Swedish: hirþ
      • Swedish: hird
    • Danish: hird
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hird
        • → English: hird
• Old High German: hīrāt
  • Middle High German: hīrāt
    • ⇒ German: Heirat