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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herþrą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from either Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(t)- (“to cut, divide”) (to which Orel compares Proto-West Germanic *herþ (“hearth”))[1] or *ḱerd- (“heart”),[2] with the suffix *-þrą. Compare Lithuanian kartóklys (“omasum”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxer.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*herþrą n

  1. (anatomy) innards; guts; internal organs

Inflection
Declension of *herþrą (a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *herþrą *herþrō
Vocative *herþrą *herþrō
Accusative *herþrą *herþrō
Genitive *herþras, -is *herþrǫ̂
Dative *herþrai *herþramaz
Instrumental *herþrō *herþramiz


Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *herþr
    • Old English: hreþer
    • Old High German: *herdar
      • ⇒ Old High German: smalaherdar (“small intestine, gut”)
  • Old Norse: hreðr
    • Icelandic: hreður
    • ⇒ Icelandic: hreðjar
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra) (plural)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xerþraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 170–171
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1988) The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants (Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser; 55), Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, →ISBN, page 21
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