Proto-Germanic: *garda-z, *gardiō
Meaning: rod, twig
Old English: gyrd (gird, gerd) f. `staff, rod, twig; yard, the fourth part of a hide'
English: yard (measure of length)
Old Frisian: jerde `Gerte, Messrute'
Old Saxon: gerdia `Gerte, Rute, Stab, Strahl'
Middle Dutch: gaerde, gheerde `tak, roede', gaerd `prikkel, roede'
Dutch: gard f.
Old Franconian: gerda
Middle Low German: gērde
Old High German: { gartia, gertia }, gerta f. `Rute' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: gart st. m. 'Stachel, Treibstecken', gerte st./wk. f. `Rute, Zweig, Stab; Messrute, Ackermass'
German: Gerte f.
