vört

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvœ̞ʈː]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈvɵʈː]

Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish vørt,[2] from Old Norse virtr, from Proto-Germanic *wirtiz. Svensk etymologisk ordbok suggests the word is borrowed from Middle Low German.[3] Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål vørter, Norwegian Nynorsk vørter, Danish urt.

Noun

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vört c (uncountable)

  1. wort
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of vörtbröd (wort bread), from vört (wort) + bröd (bread).

Noun

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vört c

  1. wort bread
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References

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  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3
  2. ^ vört in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  3. ^ vört in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)