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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurdijaną

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

Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *gʰr̥dʰye/o-, from the root of *gerdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

Verb

*gurdijaną[1][2]

  1. to gird

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gurdijan
    • Old English: gyrdan, girdan
      • Middle English: gurden, gyrden, girden
    • Old Frisian: *gerda, *gurdia
      • West Frisian: gurdzja
    • Old Saxon: gurdian, gurdan
    • Old Dutch: gurden
    • Old High German: gurten
  • Old Norse: gyrða

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gurdjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒurđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
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