Proto-West Germanic

*hard(ī)

‘hard’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī).

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), most familiar first.

• hard ← heard
• hardly ← hardely ← heardlīċe ← heard
• hardship ← hardshipe ← hard ← heard
• harden ← hardenen ← heardian
• hardness ← heardnes ← heard
• hardsome ← hard ← hard ← heard

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)