*herdō

Runic: ᚺᛖᚱᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxer.ðɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

herd

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (‘file, row, herd’). Cognate with Russian череда́ (čeredá, ‘train, sequence’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.herdōherdôz
Acc.herdǭherdōz
Gen.herdōzherdǫ̂
Dat.herdōiherdōmaz
Inst.herdōherdōmiz
Voc.herdōherdôz

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Descendants

  • *herdu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *herda (Old Dutch)
      • herde, harde, hāerde, hēerde, hirde (Middle Dutch)
  • *herdu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heord, hierd (Old English)
      • heorde, herde, heerde (Middle English)
        • herd (English)
        • hird, herd (Scots)
  • *herdu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • herde (Old French)
      • harde (Middle French)
        • harde (French)
  • *herdu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *herde, herdere (Old Frisian)
      • harder, hoeder (West Frisian)
  • *herdu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • herta (Old High German)
      • hërt (Middle High German)
        • Herde (German)
        • Häerd (Luxembourgish)
  • *herdu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • herda (Old Saxon)
      • hērde, hirde (Middle Low German)
        • Heerde (German Low German)
  • hjǫrð (Old Norse)
    • hjord (Danish)
    • hjørð (Faroese)
    • hjörð (Icelandic)
    • hjord (Norwegian)
  • hjǫrð (Old Norse)
    • hiorþ (Old Swedish)
      • hjord (Swedish)
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (hairda) (Gothic)

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