-ard
French
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Old French -ard derived from Frankish *-hard (hardy, bold) derived from Proto-Germanic *harduz (hard, brave) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (times, weave, twist together, time).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kert-
Gloss
times, weave, twist together, time
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Richard English
- Medardus Latin
- cartilago Latin
- polar French
- policier French
- κυρτία Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kert- Proto-Indo-European
- *kert-, *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *kort-ús Proto-Indo-European
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- Rikard Swedish
- heard Old English
- -ard Middle English
- harðr Old Norse
- -ard Old French
- -art Old French
- hardi Old French
- Richard Cebuano
- *hard Old High German
- hart Old High German
- Rikard Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *hard(ī) gmw-pro
- hart Old Dutch
- *hardas Proto-Finnic
- *kerta Proto-Finnic
- hard Old Saxon
- *-hard Frankish
- *hardijan Frankish
- *hartjan Frankish
- glyw' Middle Persian
- Rikard Norwegian
- *krēs- bat-pro