Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/heʀdā

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 *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kés-dʰh₁-eh₂, from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”) with a *dʰh₁-extension similar to that of Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“reward”).

Noun

*heʀdā f

1. tow, flax fibre

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*heʀdā
Genitive	*heʀdōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*heʀdā	*heʀdōn
Accusative	*heʀdōn	*heʀdōn
Genitive	*heʀdōn	*heʀdōnō
Dative	*heʀdōn	*heʀdōm, *heʀdum
Instrumental	*heʀdōn	*heʀdōm, *heʀdum

Alternative reconstructions

• *hiʀdā

Related terms

• *haʀd
• *haʀu

Descendants

• Old English: heorde
  • Middle English: herde, harde, hyrde, hurde
    • ⇒ English: hards, hurds (from the plural)
    • ⇒ Scots: hards, harden, harn (from the plural)
• Old Frisian: hede
  • Saterland Frisian: Häide
  • West Frisian: heed
• Old Saxon: *herda, *hēda
  • Middle Low German: hêde, heide
    • German Low German: Hede
      • → German: (regional) Hede
      • ⇒ German: verheddern
• Old Dutch: *herda, *hēda
  • Middle Dutch: herde, heerde, hēde
    • Dutch: hede
• → Old French: hard, hart
  • Middle French: hart
    • French: hart