Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ard

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 *ardiz (“nature, character, inborn quality”)[1]

    Noun

    *ard m[2]

    1. native place
      Synonym: *ōþil

    Inflection

    Masculine a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *ard(a)
    Genitive *ardas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *ard(a) *ardōs
    Accusative *ard(a) *ardā
    Genitive *ardas *ardō
    Dative *ardē *ardum
    Instrumental *ardu *ardum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old English: eard
    • Old Saxon: ard
    • Old High German: art

    References

    1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “aard1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
    2. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 181: “PWGmc *ard”
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