Masculine
gaard
Meaning
garden, yard
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣaːrt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch gaert, from Old Dutch *gart, from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos or *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with English yard (compare also garden), obsolete German Gart, German Garten, Danish gård. Also, cognate with Proto-Slavic *gard or *gord, shifted to Russian град (grad), Polish gród or Czech hrad.
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