Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ardiz

Of disputed origin:

• From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ér-ti-s ~ *h₂r̥-tey-s, from *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”);^[1] see also *armaz (“arm”), Latin ars (“art”).
• Perhaps from a specialized use of *ardiz, a by-form of *arþiz (“plough; acre; farmland”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) (whence also *arjaną (“to plow”) and *arþrą (“plow”); compare Latin area). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.ðiz/

*ardiz m or f

1. characteristic; inborn quality
2. nature; character
3. type; kind; manner; sort

• Proto-West Germanic: *ardi
  • Old English: *erd, eard (“state, station, condition, fate”)
    • Middle English: erd (“character, nature, disposition”)
  • Old Frisian: *ard, *erd
    • Saterland Frisian: Oard
    • West Frisian: aard
  • Old Saxon: *ard
    • Middle Low German: art, ārt
      • German Low German: Aard
  • Old Dutch: art, *ard
    • Middle Dutch: aert
      • Dutch: aard
        • Afrikaans: aard
  • Old High German: art
    • Middle High German: art
      • Bavarian: Årt
      • Central Franconian: Aad, Aat, Aart

        Kölsch: Aat

      • German: Art
        • → Danish: art
          • → Faroese: art
        • → Swedish: art
        • → Norwegian: art
      • Luxembourgish: Aart
• Old Norse: arðr (in einarðr)
  • Icelandic: arður