Proto-Germanic

*harduz

‘hard’

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

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

• hard ← heard ← *hard(ī)
• hardly ← hardely ← heardlīċe ← heard ← *hard(ī)
• hardship ← hardshipe ← hard ← heard ← *hard(ī)
• harden ← hardenen ← heardian ← *hard(ī) ← hierdan
• hardness ← heardnes ← heard ← *hard(ī)
• hardsome ← hard ← hard ← heard ← *hard(ī)

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *harduz