Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hirdijaz

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

Agent noun, derived from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”).

Cognate with Lithuanian kerdžius (“herder, shepherd”), which is built up in the same way.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxir.ði.jɑz/

Noun

*hirdijaz m

herder, herdsman

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hirdijaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hirdijaz	hirdijōz, hirdijōs
vocative	*hirdī	hirdijōz, hirdijōs
accusative	*hirdiją	*hirdijanz
genitive	hirdijas, hirdīs	*hirdijǫ̂
dative	*hirdijai	*hirdijamaz
instrumental	*hirdijō	*hirdijamiz

Related terms

*herdǭ

Descendants

Old English: hierde, hirde
- Middle English: herde
  - English: herd; herder
Old Frisian: *herde, *hirde
- East Frisian: höid
Old Saxon: hirdi, herdi
- Middle Low German: herde, hirde
  - Low German: Heier
  - Plautdietsch: Hoad
Old Dutch: *hirdi
- Middle Dutch: herde
  - Dutch: herder
Old High German: hirti, hirt
- Middle High German: hirte, hirt
  - German: Hirte, Hirt
  - Luxembourgish: Hiert
Old Norse: hirðir
- Icelandic: hirðir
- Faroese: hirði
- Norwegian: hyrde
- Old Swedish: hirþi
  - Swedish: herde
- Danish: hyrde
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hairdeis)

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