Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hertā

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 *hertô.

Noun

*hertā n

1. heart

Inflection

Neuter an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hertā
Genitive	*hirtini, *hertan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hertā	*hertōn
Accusative	*hertā	*hertōn
Genitive	*hirtini, *hertan	*hertanō
Dative	*hirtini, *hertan	*hertum
Instrumental	*hirtini, *hertan	*hertum

Derived terms

• *hirtijan

Descendants

• Old English: heorte, herte — Northumbrian, hearte, hiorte
  • Middle English: herte, hart, harte, heorte, hert, hertt, hirte, huerte, heortæ, heorrte, herrte, hierte, horte, hurte (Early Middle English)
    • English: heart (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: hert, hart, hairt
    • Yola: hearth, hart
• Old Frisian: herte, hirte
  • Saterland Frisian: Haat
  • West Frisian: hert
• Old Saxon: herta, herte
  • Middle Low German: herte, harte
    • Low German: Hart, Hiärt
    • German Low German: Hart
    • Plautdietsch: Hoat
• Old Dutch: herta
  • Middle Dutch: herte, harte
    • Dutch: hart
      • Afrikaans: hart
    • Limburgish: hert
    • West Flemish: erte
• Old High German: herza
  • Middle High German: hërze, hërz
    • Alemannic German: Härz
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: hèrtz, hèertze (Sette Comuni)

      Mòcheno: hèrz

    • Central Franconian: Hätz, Hetz (variant spelling), Hatz (Ripuarian), Herz (Ripuarian variant), Hearz (Moselle Franconian variant), Häerz

      Hunsrik: Herz

    • German: Herz
    • Luxembourgish: Häerz
    • Silesian East Central German: Herze / Härze (Breslauisch) / Harze n
      • ⇒ Silesian East Central German: / harzlich
    • Vilamovian: haoc
    • Yiddish: האַרץ (harts)