-ard
English
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -ard derived from Old French -ard derived from Frankish *-hard (hardy, bold) derived from Proto-Germanic *harduz (hard, brave).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*harduz
Gloss
hard, brave
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
硬
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Richard English
- bog English
- boggard English
- frayboggard English
- Medardus Latin
- -ard French
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kert- Proto-Indo-European
- *kert-, *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *kort-ús Proto-Indo-European
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- Rikard Swedish
- heard Old English
- -ard Middle English
- harðr Old Norse
- -ard Old French
- -art Old French
- hardi Old French
- Richard Cebuano
- *hard Old High German
- hart Old High German
- Rikard Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *hard(ī) gmw-pro
- hart Old Dutch
- *hardas Proto-Finnic
- hard Old Saxon
- *-hard Frankish
- *hardijan Frankish
- *hartjan Frankish
- Rikard Norwegian