Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hoʀd

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 *huzdą.

Noun

*hoʀd n[1]

  1. treasure

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hoʀd
Genitive *hoʀdas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hoʀd *hoʀdu
Accusative *hoʀd *hoʀdu
Genitive *hoʀdas *hoʀdō
Dative *hoʀdē *hoʀdum
Instrumental *hoʀdu *hoʀdum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: hord
    • Middle English: hord, hoord, horde, hurd, hurde
      • English: hoard
      • Scots: huird, hurd, hurde
  • Old Frisian: *hord
    • West Frisian: hoerde, huorde
  • Old Saxon: hord
  • Old Dutch: *hord
  • Old High German: hort

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *hozd”
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