Where does “ġerd” come from?

ġerd (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gaʀdi, from Proto-Germanic gazdijō, from Proto-Germanic gazdaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰazdʰ-.

ġerd (Old English): branch, twig, stick

Definitions

  1. branch, twig, stick

Ancestry of “ġerd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgaʀdirod
2Proto-Germanicgazdijō—
3Proto-Germanicgazdazgoad; spike
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰazdʰ-—

Words derived from “ġerd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰazdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gazdaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic gazdijō →