Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ard
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ardiz (“nature, character, inborn quality”)[1]
Noun[edit]
*ard m[2]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ard | |
| Genitive | *ardas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ard | *ardō, *ardōs |
| Accusative | *ard | *ardā |
| Genitive | *ardas | *ardō |
| Dative | *ardē | *ardum |
| Instrumental | *ardu | *ardum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “aard1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ 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”