Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wardāną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *warduz (“a guard”) + *-āną or *wardō (“protection”) + *-āną.
Verb edit
*wardāną
- to guard, protect, watch over
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *wardāną (weak class 3)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *wardēn
- Old Norse: varða
- → Proto-Finnic: *vartodak (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *vuortētēk (see there for further descendants)