gird
English
/ɡɜːd/, /ɡɝd/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
- (transitive) To prepare oneself for an action.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English girden inherited from Old English gyrdan (put a girdle around, put a belt around) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (gird) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (enclose, belt, yard, court, encircle), *gʰerdʰ- (enclose, belt, yard, court, encircle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰerdʰ-
Gloss
enclose, belt, yard, court, encircle
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
帯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begird English
- begirdle English
- breastgirth English
- digirth English
- engird English
- engirdle English
- garden English
- girdest English
- girdeth English
- girdle English
- girdler English
- girdlestead English
- girth English
- girthed English
- girthful English
- girthless English
- girthline English
- girthly English
- girthsome English
- girthy English
- gride English
- overgird English
- undergird English
- ungird English
- ungirdle English
- ungirth English
- upgird English
- aangorden Dutch, Flemish
- gorden Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰordʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰr̥dʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰórdʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *gardaz Proto-Germanic
- *gardô Proto-Germanic
- *gerdō Proto-Germanic
- *gurdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gurdilaz Proto-Germanic
- ガードル Japanese
- begyrdan Old English
- forgyrdan Old English
- gegyrdan Old English
- gyrdan Old English
- ungyrdan Old English
- ymbgyrdan Old English
- ġeard Old English
- begirden Middle English
- girdel Middle English
- girden Middle English
- girth Middle English
- ungirden Middle English
- gerðing Old Norse
- gyrða Old Norse
- *žьrdь Proto-Slavic
- gorden Middle Dutch
- gurden Old Dutch
- *haimgard Frankish