Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurdilaz

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

From *gurdijaną +‎ *-ilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣur.di.lɑz/

Noun

*gurdilaz m

1. girdle

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *gurdilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gurdilaz	*gurdilōz, *gurdilōs
vocative	*gurdil	*gurdilōz, *gurdilōs
accusative	*gurdilą	*gurdilanz
genitive	*gurdilas, *gurdilis	*gurdilǫ̂
dative	*gurdilai	*gurdilamaz
instrumental	*gurdilō	*gurdilamiz

Synonyms

• *gerdō

Related terms

• *gerdaną
• *gurdijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gurdil
  • Old English: gyrdel
    • Middle English: gurdel, gerdel, girdel
      • English: girdle
      • Scots: gyrdill, girdill
  • Old Frisian: gerdel
    • Saterland Frisian: Gäddel
    • West Frisian: gurdle, gurle, gurl
  • Old Saxon: gurdil
    • Middle Low German: gördel, gordel
      • German Low German: Gördel
  • Old Dutch: *gurdel
    • Middle Dutch: gordel
      • Dutch: gordel
  • Old High German: gurtil, gurtila
    • Middle High German: gürtel
      • German: Gürtel
      • Luxembourgish: Gierel
      • Yiddish: גאַרטל (gartl)
• Old Norse: gyrðill
  • Icelandic: gyrðill
  • Faroese: gyrðil
  • >? Swedish: gördel (possibly a loan from Low German)
  • Danish: gjordel, gyrdel, gjortel, gyrtel, gørtel (forms influenced by Low German and Standard German)