Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hoʀd

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 *huzdą.

Noun

*hoʀd n^[1]

treasure

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hoʀd
Genitive	*hoʀdas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hoʀd	*hoʀdu
Accusative	*hoʀd	*hoʀdu
Genitive	*hoʀdas	*hoʀdō
Dative	*hoʀdē	*hoʀdum
Instrumental	*hoʀdu	*hoʀdum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: hord
- Middle English: hord, hoord, horde, hurd, hurde
  - English: hoard
  - Scots: huird, hurd, hurde
Old Frisian: *hord
- West Frisian: hoerde, huorde
Old Saxon: hord
- Middle Low German: hōrt
Old Dutch: *hord
- Middle Dutch: hoord
Old High German: hort
- Middle High German: hort
  - German: Hort

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *hozd”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *hozd”

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