Proto-Germanic

*gardaz

‘enclosure’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *gardaz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, most familiar first.

• yard ← yerd ← ġeard ← *gard
• garth ← garðr
• yerd ← ġeard ← *gard

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gardaz