Etymology

gird

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Today it means: To bind with a flexible rope or cord. Full definition →

Middle English girden ← Old English gyrdan ← Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną
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gird · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰerdʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gurdijaną“to gird”
  3. Old English · inherited fromgyrdan“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgirden
  5. English todaygird

From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).

gird · noun, verb2

  1. Old English · inherited from*gyrdan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgirden“to strike”
  3. English todaygird

From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgirden all →

gride

Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ- all →

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