Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herþrą

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

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxer.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*herþrą n

1. (anatomy) innards; guts; internal organs

Inflection

Declension of *herþrą (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*herþrą	*herþrō
Vocative	*herþrą	*herþrō
Accusative	*herþrą	*herþrō
Genitive	*herþras, -is	*herþrǫ̂
Dative	*herþrai	*herþramaz
Instrumental	*herþrō	*herþramiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *herþr
  • Old English: hreþer
  • Old High German: *herdar
    • ⇒ Old High German: smalaherdar (“small intestine, gut”)
• Old Norse: hreðr
  • Icelandic: hreður
  • ⇒ Icelandic: hreðjar
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra) (plural)