Etymograph

English

Gerda

Gerda comes from Old Norse Gerðr ‘protection’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350Gerðr‘protection’
  2. EnglishtodayGerda

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350Gerðr‘protection’
  2. EnglishtodayGerda

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose, encircle’

hangar, girth, girdle, jardin, gord, gird, 10 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ‘hedge, fence’

urban, garden, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *gardaz ‘court, yard, enclosure’

yard, garth, 1 more

Today it means

name A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse Gerðr / Gerda

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