Cognate Set 7126 – Meaning: say

IE-CoR reference form:
*g⁽ʷ⁾erdʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
To be derived from PIE *g⁽ʷ⁾erdʰ- 'to hear, sound' (LIV² 187); possibly originally an IE light-verb construction *gʷer(H)- *dʰeh₁- 'to give tidings' (ALEW 331-332). Root reference form follows LIV² 210-211.
Found in clades:
Baltic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
77   Old Prussian gerdaut
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 178
    Cf. s.v. Lith. girdė́ti 'hear', possibly from a PIE zero-grade formation *g⁽ʷ⁾rdʰ- (cf. OLith. gardas 'rumour, prank, messenger', OPr. gerdant [gerdaut] 'say').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 331-332
    S.v. OLith. girdė́ti 'hören' (BSl. Latv. dzìrdêt), from a univerbation of a PIE collocation or light-verb construction *gʷer(H)- dʰeh₁- 'Kunde geben', cf. Arm. kardam 'rufe', OIr. bard 'Barde', MW bardd 'id.', cf. *gʷer(H)- 'to consent' (LIV² 210f.) and *dʰeh₁- ''to put, to place, to make' (LIV² 136ff.). See also PIE *gʷerdʰ- 'to hear, to sound' (LIV² 187).
  • Rix, Helmut: 187
    S.v. *g⁽ʷ⁾erdʰ- 'hören, tönen' [IEW 478].