Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hertô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxer.tɔːː/

Noun

*hertô n

heart

Inflection

neuter an-stemDeclension of *hertô (neuter an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hertô	*hertōnō
vocative	*hertô	*hertōnō
accusative	*hertô	*hertōnō
genitive	*hirtiniz	*hertanǫ̂
dative	*hirtini	*hertammaz
instrumental	*hirtinē	*hertammiz

Related terms

*hartą

Descendants

Old English: heorte, hearte, hiorte
- Middle English: herte, heortæ, hert, heorte, horte, hirte, harte, huerte, hierte, herrte, hertt
  - English: heart
  - Scots: hert, hart, hairt
  - Yola: hearth
Old Frisian: herte
- Saterland Frisian: Haat
- West Frisian: hert
Old Saxon: herta
- Middle Low German: herte, harte
  - Low German: Hart
  - Plautdietsch: Hoat
Old Dutch: herta
- Middle Dutch: herte
  - Dutch: hart
  - Limburgish: hert
  - West Flemish: erte
Old High German: herza
- Middle High German: hërze, hërz
  - Alemannic German: Härz
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: hèrtz
  - Central Franconian: Hätz, Hetz, Häerz
    Hunsrik: Herz
  - German: Herz
  - Luxembourgish: Häerz
  - Vilamovian: haoc
  - Yiddish: האַרץ‎ (harts)
Old Norse: hjarta
- Icelandic: hjarta
- Faroese: hjarta
- Norn: hjarta
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hjerte
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: hjarta, hjarte
- Old Swedish: hiærta
  - Swedish: hjärta
- Old Danish: hiartæ, hiærtæ
  - Danish: hjerte
- Elfdalian: järta
- Gutnish: hjärte
- Scanian: hjarta
- Westrobothnian: hjart
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō)

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