Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lort

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lurtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“crooked”). Cognate with Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”), Proto-Celtic *lordskākos (“lame-footed”),[1] and perhaps Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”).

Adjective

*lort

crooked
Synonym: *krump
lame, clumsy
Synonym: *lam
left, left-handed
Synonym: *winistr
Antonym: *tehswō
deceptive

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*lort
Genitive	*lortas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lort	*lortu	*lort
Accusative	*lortanā	*lortā	*lort
Genitive	*lortas	*lorteʀā	*lortas
Dative	*lortumē	*lorteʀē	*lortumē
Instrumental	*lortu	*lorteʀu	*lortu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lortē	*lortō	*lortu
Accusative	*lortā	*lortā	*lortu
Genitive	*lorteʀō	*lorteʀō	*lorteʀō
Dative	lortēm, lortum	lortēm, lortum	lortēm, lortum
Instrumental	lortēm, lortum	lortēm, lortum	lortēm, lortum

Derived terms

*lurtijan

Related terms

*lert (Old High German lerzfuot (“clubfoot”), attested once; Middle High German lerz (“underhanded”))

Descendants

Old English: lort, lyrt
Old Dutch: *lort
- Middle Dutch: loorts
Old High German: *lorz, *lurz
- Middle High German: lorz, lërz, lurz
  - German: lurz (dialectal)
→? Late Latin: lurdus, lordus (see there for further descendants)
→? Vulgar Latin: *lurtius, *lortius
- Old French: lorche, lourche[2]
  - Middle French: lorche
    - French: lourche
  - → Middle English: lorche
    - English: lurch
  - → Italian: lurcio

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “lerd-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 679
James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Lurch”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697.

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “lerd-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 679

[2] James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Lurch”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697.