The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰerdʰ-“to encircle, enclose; belt”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*gerdō
- Old Norse · derived fromgjǫrð
- Middle English · inherited fromgirth
- English todaygirth
From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ- all →
yardurbanegird
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.