Proto-Germanic

*gurdijaną

‘to gird’

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

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

• girdle ← girdel ← gyrdel ← *gurdil ← *gurdilaz
• gird ← girden ← gyrdan
• gartel ← גאַרטל ← gürtel ← gurtil ← *gurdil
• ungird ← ungirden ← ungyrdan ← gyrdan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną