Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gard

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 *gardaz.

Noun

*gard m

1. enclosure

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gard
Genitive	*gardas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gard	*gardō, *gardōs
Accusative	*gard	*gardā
Genitive	*gardas	*gardō
Dative	*gardē	*gardum
Instrumental	*gardu	*gardum

Derived terms

• *haimgard
• *Hildigardu

Descendants

• Old English: ġeard
  • Middle English: yerd, yerde, ȝerd, ȝeerd, yeerd, ȝeard, yard, yarde, yorde, ȝarde, yherde, ȝorde, ȝeorde
    • English: yard
    • Scots: yerd, yaird, yird
• Old Saxon: gard, gardo
  • Middle Low German: gart
• Old Dutch: gard
  • Middle Dutch: gāert
    • Dutch: gaard (merged with *gardô)
• Old High German: gart
• → Vulgar Latin: *gardus
  • Old French: jart, gart, wart
    • Middle French: gard, gart
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: hortus gardīnus (“enclosed garden”) (see there for further descendants)