The Phrygian word ΓΟΡΔ-
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| Transliteration | gord |
| Meaning | town, city, yard |
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Greek: χόρτος
‘fenced yard’ Proto-Indo-European: *ĝherdh-, gherdh- ‘to encircle, enclose’ Carian: qrds ‘word with institutional meaning’ Arcado-Cypriot Greek: Γόρτυνα ‘place name’ Ancient Macedonian: Γορτυνία ‘place name’ Hittite: gur-ta-an ‘town, citadel, acropolis’ Old Norse: garðr ‘yard, courtyard, fence, wall’ |
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Except from the cognates in neighbouring languages, there are also the following: - Old Norse garðr - Gothic gards |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ΖΕΤΝΑ ‘gate’, ΑΚΑΡΑΓΑJΥΝ ‘sarcophagus, stair-way, part of the monument’, ΑΓΚΥΡΑ ‘city of phrygia, anchor’, ΚΙΝΝΑ ‘personal name, town name’ | |