yaird
Scots
/jeːrd/
noun
Definitions
- yard (measurement)
- garden, yard
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġeard (garden, yard, fence, enclosure, court, residence, enclosed place, home, region, hedge, dwelling, land) root from Proto-Indo-European *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
- garden English
- *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
- ortgeard Old English
- wingeard Old English
- ġeard Old English
- yarde Middle English
- yerd Middle English
- yerde Middle English
- yherde Middle English
- ȝarde Middle English
- ȝeorde Middle English
- ȝerd Middle English
- gerðing Old Norse
- *žьrdь Proto-Slavic
- *gard gmw-pro
- *haimgard Frankish