Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gard

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gardaz.

Noun

*gard m

enclosure

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gard
Genitive	*gardas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gard	gardō, gardōs
Accusative	*gard	*gardā
Genitive	*gardas	*gardō
Dative	*gardē	*gardum
Instrumental	*gardu	*gardum

Derived terms

Related terms

*gardō

Descendants

Old English: ġeard
- Middle English: yerd, yerde, ȝerd, ȝeerd, yeerd, ȝeard, yard, yarde, yorde, ȝarde, yherde, ȝorde, ȝeorde
  - English: yard
  - Scots: yerd, yaird, yird
Old Frisian:
- North Frisian: Guart, guard
Old Saxon: gard
- Middle Low German: gart
Old Dutch: gard
- Middle Dutch: gāert
  - Dutch: gaard (merged with *gardô)
Old High German: gart
- Middle High German: gart
→ Vulgar Latin: *gardus
- Old French: jart, gart, wart
  - Middle French: gard, gart
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: hortus gardīnus (“enclosed garden”) (see there for further descendants)