Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gardaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, encircle”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *gardas (“enclosure”), Albanian gardh (“hedge, fence”), Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑr.ðɑz/

Noun

*gardaz m[1]

  1. enclosure
  2. court, yard
  3. garden

Inflection

Declension of *gardaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gardaz *gardōz, *gardōs
vocative *gard *gardōz, *gardōs
accusative *gardą *gardanz
genitive *gardas, *gardis *gardǫ̂
dative *gardai *gardamaz
instrumental *gardō *gardamiz

Derived terms

  • *ansugardaz (“the home of the gods”)
  • *midjagardaz (“the Earth”)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*garda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
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