Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gardiz

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

Feminine derivative of *gardaz, from 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.ðiz/

Noun

*gardiz f

  1. enclosure
  2. court, yard

Inflection

Declension of *gardiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gardiz *gardīz
vocative *gardi *gardīz
accusative *gardį *gardinz
genitive *gardīz *gardijǫ̂
dative *gardī *gardimaz
instrumental *gardī *gardimiz

References

  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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