*hirdijaz

Runic: ᚺᛁᚱᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxir.ði.jɑz/

noun · masculine · ja-stem

Meanings

herder, herdsman

From *herdō (‘herd’) + *-jaz.

*hirdī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hirdi (Old Dutch)
  - herde (Middle Dutch)
    - herde (Dutch)
*hirdī (Proto-West Germanic)
- hierde, hyrde, hiorde, hirde, heorde (Old English)
  - herde (Middle English)
    - herd (English)
    - herd, hird (Scots)
*hirdī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *herde, *hirde (Old Frisian)
  - höid (East Frisian)
*hirdī (Proto-West Germanic)
- hirti, hirt (Old High German)
  - hirte, hirt (Middle High German)
    - hiart (Cimbrian)
    - Hirte, Hirt (German)
    - Hiert (Luxembourgish)
*hirdī (Proto-West Germanic)
- hirdi, herdi (Old Saxon)
  - herde, hirde (Middle Low German)
    - Heier (German Low German)
    - Hoad (Plautdietsch)
hirðir (Old Norse)
- hirði (Faroese)
- hirðir (Icelandic)
- hyrdar (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hirðir (Old Norse)
- hierde, hirde, hiørde, hjurde (Old Danish)
  - hyrde (Danish)
    - hyrde (Norwegian Bokmål)
hirðir (Old Norse)
- hirþi (Old Swedish)
  - herde (Swedish)
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hairdeis) (Gothic)