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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurþiz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *h₂wŕ̥tis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to raise”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “raising”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwur.θiz/
Noun
*wurþiz f
- raising, elevation
- mound
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *wurþiz (i-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wurþiz | *wurþīz | |
vocative | *wurþi | *wurþīz | |
accusative | *wurþį | *wurþinz | |
genitive | *wurþīz | *wurþijǫ̂ | |
dative | *wurþī | *wurþimaz | |
instrumental | *wurþī | *wurþimiz |
Descendants
- Old Frisian: wurth
- Old Dutch: *wurth, *wuorth (?)
- Middle Dutch: woert (or from Frisian?)
- Dutch: woerd
- Middle Dutch: woert (or from Frisian?)
- Old Saxon: wurth
- Middle Low German: wurt
- → German: Wurt
- Middle Low German: wurt
- Old Norse: urð
- Icelandic: urð
- Faroese: urð
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ur, urd
- → Danish: ur
- Norwegian Bokmål: ur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ur, urd
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wurþiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 601