Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wirtiz

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

Alternative forms

• *wertaz ~ *wirtiziz
• *wertiz

Etymology

Possibly related to *wurt-, the oblique stem of *wrōts (“root”), despite uncertain development of the root vowel. May reflect a back-formed full-grade *werd- from pre-Germanic *wr̥d-, or less likely may reflect an old PIE full-grade *wer(h₂)d- without parallels. Note a similar problem with the Ancient Greek cognate ῥίζα (rhíza).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwir.tiz/

Noun

*wirtiz m

1. beerwort
2. herb; spice

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *wirtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wirtiz	*wirtīz
vocative	*wirti	*wirtīz
accusative	*wirtį	*wirtinz
genitive	*wirtīz	*wirtijǫ̂
dative	*wirtī	*wirtimaz
instrumental	*wirtī	*wirtimiz

Related terms

• *wrōts
• *urtiz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: wirt
  • Middle Low German: wert, werte
• Old Dutch: *wirt
  • Middle Dutch: wert; werte
• Old High German: wirz
  • Middle High German: wirz
• Old Norse: virtr
  • Icelandic: virtur, virt
  • Faroese: virtur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vørter, vyrter; (dialectal) vyrt, vørt, vurt, vytter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vørter
  • Swedish: vört
  • Scanian: vert
• → Proto-Finnic: *verdek (see there for further descendants)

References

• “urt” in Den Danske Ordbog