Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To bind as if with a girth or band.
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. · The part of an animal around which the girth fits. · One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. · A small horizontal brace or girder.
From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
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- Root classification mention*gʰerdʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongirthenm
- Derivation mentiongjǫrðnon
- Derivation mention*gerdōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*gʰerdʰ-ine-pro · to encircle, enclose; belt
- Cognate mention𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰got
- Cognate mentiongjörðis
- Cognate mentionGurtde
- Cognate mentiongirden
- Cognate mentionngërthejsq · to tie, bind, fasten
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