Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerdaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

Verb

*gerdaną

1. to gird

Inflection

Conjugation of *gerdaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gerdō	*gerdaų	—	*gerdai	?
2nd singular	*girdizi	*gerdaiz	*gerd	*gerdazai	*gerdaizau
3rd singular	*girdidi	*gerdai	*gerdadau	*gerdadai	*gerdaidau
1st dual	*gerdōz	*gerdaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gerdadiz	*gerdaidiz	*gerdadiz	—	—
1st plural	*gerdamaz	*gerdaim	—	*gerdandai	*gerdaindau
2nd plural	*girdid	*gerdaid	*girdid	*gerdandai	*gerdaindau
3rd plural	*gerdandi	*gerdain	*gerdandau	*gerdandai	*gerdaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gard	*gurdį̄
2nd singular	*garst	*gurdīz
3rd singular	*gard	*gurdī
1st dual	*gurdū	*gurdīw
2nd dual	*gurdudiz	*gurdīdiz
1st plural	*gurdum	*gurdīm
2nd plural	*gurdud	*gurdīd
3rd plural	*gurdun	*gurdīn
	present	past
participles	*gerdandz	*gurdanaz

Derived terms

• *bigerdaną

Related terms

• *gardaz
• *gerdō
• *gurdijaną
• *gurdilaz

Descendants

• >? Old Frisian: gerda (may also derive from *gurdijaną)
• Old Norse: *gjarða
  • Faroese: gjarða (weak, but may have been strong originally)
• Gothic: *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gairdan) (in 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan), 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (ufgairdan))