Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hezdǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*hizdǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to card; comb”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxez.dɔ̃ː/

Noun

*hezdǭ f

Flax fibre; tow

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *hezdǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hezdǭ	*hezdōniz
vocative	*hezdǭ	*hezdōniz
accusative	*hezdōnų	*hezdōnunz
genitive	*hezdōniz	*hezdōnǫ̂
dative	*hezdōni	*hezdōmaz
instrumental	*hezdōnē	*hezdōmiz

Related terms

*hazdaz

Descendants

Old English: heord (“hair”), heorde, heordan
- Middle English: herde, harde; heorden, herden, hurden, hirden, herdes, hardes pl
  - English: hards, hurds
  - Scots: herdis, hardis, hards
Old Frisian: hede
- Saterland Frisian: Häide
- West Frisian: heed
Old Saxon: *herda, *hēda
- Middle Low German: hêde, heide
  - German Low German: Hede
  - German: Hede
Frankish: *hezda, *harda, *hēda
- Old Dutch: *herda, *hēda
  - Middle Dutch: herde, heerde, hēde
    - Dutch: hede
- → Old French: hard, hart (“rope”)
  - Middle French: hart
    - French: hart

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