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)
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *harduz