Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haimgard

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 *haim (“home, village”) +‎ *gard (“enclosure, yard”).[1]

Noun

*haimgard m

  1. enclosure surrounding a house or group of houses

Declension

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *haimgard
Genitive *haimgardas
Singular Plural
Nominative *haimgard *haimgardō, *haimgardōs
Accusative *haimgard *haimgardā
Genitive *haimgardas *haimgardō
Dative *haimgardē *haimgardum
Instrumental *haimgardu *haimgardum

Descendants

  • Old High German: heimgart (“forum”)
  • → Old French: *hamgart, hangart, hangard
    • Middle French: hangart, hangard, hanghart, hangar (“shed, hangar”)
      • French: hangar (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois (1927–1932) Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), Berlin: de Gruyter, page 608
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