*herþrą

Runic: ᚺᛖᚱᚦᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxer.θrɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

innards; guts; internal organs

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from either Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(t)- (‘to cut, divide’) (to which Orel compares Proto-West Germanic *herþ (‘hearth’)) or *ḱerd- (‘heart’), with the suffix *-þrą. Compare Lithuanian kartóklys (‘omasum’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.herþrąherþrō
Acc.herþrąherþrō
Gen.herþras, hirþrisherþrǫ̂
Dat.herþraiherþramaz
Inst.herþrōherþramiz
Voc.herþrąherþrō

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Descendants

  • *herþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hreþer (Old English)
  • *herþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *herdar (Old High German)
      • smalaherdar (Old High German)
  • hreðr (Old Norse)
    • hreður, hreðjar (Icelandic)
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra) (Gothic)

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