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girth

/ˈɡɜːθ/GURTH
/ˈɡɝθ/GURTH

Meaninga girdle

Common meaning: a saddle strap

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘seize, grasp, hold, contain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 113, p. 734 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)gjord‘a girdle’source
  3. Middle Englishgerthsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa girdle → a saddle strapgirth‘a saddle strap’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) gjord ‘a girdle’.

Roots

  • gjord Old Norse (Icelandic) “a girdle”

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