Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haimgard

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *haim (“home, village”) +‎ *gard (“enclosure, yard”).

Noun

*haimgard m

1. enclosure surrounding a house or group of houses

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haimgard
Genitive	*haimgardas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haimgard	*haimgardō, *haimgardōs
Accusative	*haimgard	*haimgardā
Genitive	*haimgardas	*haimgardō
Dative	*haimgardē	*haimgardum
Instrumental	*haimgardu	*haimgardum

Descendants

• Old High German: heimgart (“forum”)
• → Old French: *hamgart, hangart, hangard
  • Middle French: hangart, hangard, hanghart, hangar (“shed, hangar”)
    • French: hangar (see there for further descendants)