Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ɣVrɣVtV

Meaning: waterfowl

Indo-European: *(e)rod- <PIH *e->

Kartvelian: *ɣrɣad-

References: ND 746 *GVRGVTV 'waterfowl' (+ dub. Arab.).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *(e)rod- <PIH *e->

Meaning: heron

Hittite: arda-^MUS̆EN c. 'ein Vogel' (Tischler 69)

Old Greek: erōdió-s, erōi̯dió-s, arōdió-s, rhōdió-s m. `Reiher'

Slavic: *rodā: SrbCr. ròda `Storch'

Germanic: *art-ō(n-) f., *urt-ō f., *art-il-ōn- f.

Latin: ardea f. `Reiher'

Russ. meaning: птица (цапля)

References: WP I 146 f

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *artō(n), *urtō, *artilōn

Meaning: a bird

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: arta f. `Kriekente (Anas crecca)', ertla `Bachstelze (Motacilla fusca)'; NIsl arta, ört, urt

Norwegian: erla `Bachstelze'

Swedish: ɔrta `Kriekente'; ärla

Danish: ort-and

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 118

Root: arōd-, arǝd-

English meaning: a k. of waterbird

German meaning: `ein Wasservogel'

Material: Gr. ῥωδιός, ἐρωδιός `Reiher' (ἐρῳδιός volksetym. im Ausgang nach -ίδιος), lat. ardea ds. (*arǝd-), anord. arta, aschwed. ärta `Kriekente', Demin. anord. ertla, norw. erle `Bachstelze', serb. róda `Storch' (*rǝdā́).

References: WP. I 146 f., WH. I 64.

Pages: 68

PIE database: PIE database

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *ɣrɣad-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: гусь

English meaning: goose

Georgian: Old Georg. ɣrɣed-, ɣerɣed-, ɣerɣeṭ-

Megrel: ɣorɣonǯ-

Svan: ɣarɣād-

Laz: ɣorɣoǯ-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 201, EWK 400. Возможно, СК происхождения (ср. ПСК *q̇_ǝ̄rǝ̄q̇wV 'журавль', NCED 914-915; формы с ʁ засвидетельствованы в нахских языках: ПН *ʁarVʁurV / -lV).

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