The Proto-Slavic word *gord means a "fenced area." It ultimately finds its root in the Proto-Indo-European language; a cognate is the English word "yard." In some modern Slavic languages, *gord has evolved into words for a "garden" (likewise a fenced area): the Bulgarian gradina, the Polish ogród, the Czech zahrada, the Russian ogorod. In some Slavic languages, *gord has evolved into a word for "town" or "city": the Russian gorod, the Kaszubian gard, the Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian grad. The Czech hrad and Slovene grad have evolved to mean "fortress" or "castle." The Polish gród and Ukrainian horod retain their original[citation needed] meaning of an "ancient fortified settlement."