yerd
Scots
noun
Definitions
- earth, ground
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yerd inherited from Old English ġeard (garden, yard, fence, enclosure, court, residence, enclosed place, home, region, hedge, dwelling, land) inherited from *gard inherited from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (enclosure, yard, court).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gardaz
Gloss
enclosure, yard, court
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Appleyard English
- backyard English
- ballyard English
- balmyard English
- barnyard English
- beeyard English
- boatyard English
- boneyard English
- brickyard English
- chickenyard English
- chipyard English
- chookyard English
- churchyard English
- clothyard English
- coachyard English
- coalyard English
- courtyard English
- cowyard English
- dockyard English
- dooryard English
- dumpyard English
- dungyard English
- farmyard English
- feedyard English
- foldyard English
- foreyard English
- fowlyard English
- freightyard English
- gaolyard English
- graveyard English
- headyard English
- henyard English
- hopyard English
- innyard English
- jailyard English
- junkyard English
- kailyard English
- kineyerd English
- kirkyard English
- lichyard English
- limeyard English
- lumberyard English
- mainyard English
- meteyard English
- miniyard English
- mooseyard English
- mosque yard English
- niggeryard English
- outyard English
- panyard English
- pineyard English
- railyard English
- rickyard English
- sailyard English
- saleyard English
- schoolyard English
- scrapyard English
- shipyard English
- sideyard English
- stableyard English
- stackyard English
- steelyard English
- stockyard English
- swineyard English
- switchyard English
- tanyard English
- trainyard English
- truckyard English
- vineyard English
- vinyard English
- woodyard English
- yard English
- yard-sale English
- yardage English
- yardarm English
- yardbird English
- yarder English
- yardfowl English
- yardful English
- yardgoat English
- yardgrass English
- yardhorse English
- yardless English
- yardlike English
- yardman English
- yardmaster English
- yardperson English
- yardsale English
- yardsnap English
- yardstick English
- yardwand English
- yardwork English
- *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰórdʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰortós Proto-Indo-European
- jarda Portuguese
- *gardaz Proto-Germanic
- geard Old English
- ortgeard Old English
- wingeard Old English
- ġeard Old English
- vyneȝerd Middle English
- yarde Middle English
- yerd Middle English
- yerde Middle English
- yherde Middle English
- ȝarde Middle English
- ȝeorde Middle English
- ȝerd Middle English
- garðr Old Norse
- gerða Old Norse
- gerði Old Norse
- *gȏrdъ Proto-Slavic
- ياردة Arabic
- iarda Catalan, Valencian
- yarda Cebuano
- jaart Afrikaans
- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *gard gmw-pro
- *gart Old Dutch
- gard Old Saxon
- yadi Swahili
- 야드 Korean
- iyadi Zulu
- yaird Scots
- ierde Old Frisian
- yad Volapük
- Yard Jamaican Creole
- yard Jamaican Creole