Reconstruction:Old Dutch/hardaro

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hardar (if from reduplication)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from hart (“hard”) + possibly *haro, a Verner alternant form of *haso (“hare”) and related to English hare. Otherwise maybe a reduplication of the same element hār- in *hārinc or another similar element. Compare Old English heardhara.

Noun

*hardaro m

  1. mullet (fish)

Inflection

Declension of *hardaro (masculine an-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *hardaro *hardaron
accusative *hardaron *hardaron
genitive *hardarin *hardarono
dative *hardarin *hardaron

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hardere

Further reading

  • “harder”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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