A
gord is a
medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, also occasionally known as a
burgwall or
Slavic burgwall after the German term for such sites. The ancient peoples were known for building wooden fortified settlements. The reconstructed
Centum-satem isogloss word for such a settlement is g'herdh,
gordъ, related to the
Germanic *
gard and *
gart (as in
Stuttgart etc.). This
Proto-Slavic word (*gordъ) for town or city, later differentiated into
grad (
Cyrillic: град),
gard,
gorod (Cyrillic: город), etc.