Etymograph

English

Shoard

Shoard comes from Old English sċeard ‘notch, gap’, from Proto-Germanic *skardaz ‘diminished’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ- ‘to cut up’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skerdʰ-‘to cut up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skardaz‘diminished’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skardą‘notch’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeard‘notch, gap’
  5. EnglishtodayShoard

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skerdʰ-‘to cut up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skardaz‘diminished’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skardą‘notch’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċeard‘notch, gap’
  5. EnglishtodayShoard

The story

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a gap between hills, or by a cleft in rocks, from Old English sċeard (‘notch, gap; shard’).

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ-

Today it means

name A surname from Old English.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ- / Shoard

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