Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/urtiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

A dissimilated form of *wurtiz, *wurt-, itself derived from *wrōts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.tiz/

Noun

*urtiz f

1. plant
2. field; garden

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *urtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*urtiz	*urtīz
vocative	*urti	*urtīz
accusative	*urtį	*urtinz
genitive	*urtīz	*urtijǫ̂
dative	*urtī	*urtimaz
instrumental	*urtī	*urtimiz

Derived terms

• *urtōną

Descendants

• Old English: *ort (in ortġeard (previously mis-associated with Latin hortus))
  • Middle English: orcherd, orchard
    • English: orchard
• Old High German: *orz (in orzōn (“to tend or cultivate a field”) < *urtōną)
• Old Norse: urt (alternatively from *wurt-)
  • Icelandic: urt, jurt
  • Faroese: urt
  • Norwegian: urt
  • Old Swedish: yrt
    • Swedish: ört
    • → Finnish: yrtti
  • Danish: urt
• Gothic: *𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (*aurts) (in 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards))
  • →? Old Church Slavonic: врътоградъ (vrŭtogradŭ)