Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo bind with a flexible rope or cord. · To encircle with, or as if with a belt. · To prepare (oneself) for an action. · (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).
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- Root classification mention*gʰerdʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongirdenenm
- Inherited-form mentiongyrdanang
- Inherited-form mention*gurdijanągem-pro · to gird
- Derivation mention*gʰerdʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiongurdzjefy
- Cognate mentiongordennl
- Cognate mentiongürtende
- Cognate mentiongjordasv
- Cognate mentiongyrðais
- Cognate mentionngërthejsq
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