urdé

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*uzdaz“point”
2. Frankish · derived from*ord“point”
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromurdee
4. French · derived from[croix] vidée“reduced [cross]”
5. English todayurdé

Possibly from a misreading of French [croix] vidée (“reduced [cross]”), in croix aiguisée et vidée, a cross pointed and reduced or voided. Alternatively, from Anglo-Norman urdee, ordé (“pointed”), ultimately from Frankish *ord (“point”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”). More at English ord.

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