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”), and perhaps Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”).

Adjective

*lort

1. crooked

   Synonym: *krump

2. lame, clumsy

   Synonym: *lam

3. left, left-handed

   Synonym: *winistr

   Antonym: *tehswō

4. 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

Alternative reconstructions

• *lurt

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
    • Middle French: lorche
      • French: lourche
    • → Middle English: lorche
      • English: lurch
    • → Italian: lurcio