Etymology

yerd

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Today it means: A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock. Full definition →

Middle English yerd ← Old English ġeard ← Proto-West Germanic *gard
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yerd · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*gardaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*gard
  5. Old Englishġeard
  6. Middle Englishyerd
  7. English todayyerd

Inherited from Middle English yerd (“yard”).

yerd · verb2

Pronunciation dialect

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishyerd all →

yard

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