Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/herdu

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 Proto-Germanic *herdō.

Noun

*herdu f

1. herd

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*herdu
Genitive	*herdā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*herdu	*herdō
Accusative	*herdā	*herdā
Genitive	*herdā	*herdō
Dative	*herdē	*herdōm, *herdum
Instrumental	*herdu	*herdōm, *herdum

Descendants

• Old English: heord, hierd
  • Middle English: heorde, herde, heerde
    • English: herd
    • Scots: hird, herd
• Old Frisian: *herde; (herdere)
  • (West Frisian: harder, hoeder)
• Old Saxon: herda
  • Middle Low German: hērde, hirde
    • German Low German: Heerde
• Old Dutch: *herda
  • Middle Dutch: herde, harde, hāerde, hēerde, hirde
• Old High German: herta
  • Middle High German: hërt
    • German: Herde
    • Luxembourgish: Häerd
• → Old French: herde
  • Middle French: harde
    • French: harde