Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hirdijaz

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 *herdō (“herd”) +‎ *-jaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxir.ði.jɑz/

Noun

*hirdijaz m

1. herder, herdsman

Inflection

Declension of *hirdijaz (masculine ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*hirdijaz	*hirdijōz, *hirdijōs
vocative	*hirdī	*hirdijōz, *hirdijōs
accusative	*hirdiją	*hirdijanz
genitive	*hirdijas, *hirdīs	*hirdijǫ̂
dative	*hirdijai	*hirdijamaz
instrumental	*hirdijō	*hirdijamiz

Related terms

• *herdǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hirdī
  • Old English: hierde, hyrde, hiorde, hirde, heorde
    • Middle English: herde
      • English: herd
      • Scots: herd, hird
  • Old Frisian: *herde, *hirde
    • East Frisian: höid
  • Old Saxon: hirdi, herdi
    • Middle Low German: herde, hirde
      • German Low German: Heier
      • Plautdietsch: Hoad
  • Old Dutch: *hirdi
    • Middle Dutch: herde
      • Dutch: herde
  • Old High German: hirti, hirt
    • Middle High German: hirte, hirt
      • Cimbrian: hiart
      • German: Hirte, Hirt (both are roughly equally common)
      • Luxembourgish: Hiert
• Old Norse: hirðir
  • Icelandic: hirðir
  • Faroese: hirði
  • Old Swedish: hirþi
    • Swedish: herde
  • Old Danish: hierde, hirde, hiørde, hjurde
    • Danish: hyrde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hyrde m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyrdar m
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hairdeis)