Feminine

Gerte

Meaning

crop (a whip without a lash)

Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gerte, Old High German gartia (“rod, twig, staff”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀdi (“staff, rod, twig”). Cognates Cognate with English yard (“unit of measurement”), Saterland Frisian Jädde (“crop, yard”), Dutch garde (“whisk, stick, yard”). Also related to Old Norse gaddr, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍃 (gazds), Latin hasta (“spear”).

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