hardy
‘bold, daring, fearless’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. ardi, hardie, hardye, hardy < O.F. hardi ‘bold, brave, courageous; confident, presumptuous’ < hardir ‘to harden, be or make bold’ < Fra. hardjan ‘to make hard’ < Proto-G. hardu- < haad < kar- < Tamil kaṭu