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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
NARD.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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NARD,
an unguent from an aromatic plant. (F.,—L.,—Gk.,—Pers.,—Skt.)
In the margin of A. V., Mark, xiv. 3, where the text has spikenard; and
in Holland, tr. of Pliny, b. xii. c. 12.—F. nard, 'spikenard;' Cot.—Lat.
nardus, Mk. xiv. 3 (Vulgate).—Gk.
ναρδός, Mk. xiv. 3.—Pers.
nard, merely given as 'the name of a tree' in Rich. Dict. p. 1571.—Skt.
nalada, the Indian spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi; Benfey.—Skt. nal, to
smell. β. The name is Aryan; the Arab. nardín is borrowed. The
interchange of l and r is common in many languages. Der.
spike-nard.
ADDENDA
Rather (F.,—L.,—Gk.,—Heb.,—Pers.,—Skt.)
The Gk. ναρδός
may have been borrowed from Heb. nerd, nard; the Heb. word being from the
Persian, and that from the Skt.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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