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wyrt

wyrt

Old English

Noun

wyrtΒ f

  1. A plant or herb, especially as used for food or medicine.

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurt-, the oblique stem of Proto-Germanic *wrōts (from which root). Cognate with Old Saxon wurt, Old High German wurz (German Wurz), Old Norse urt (Swedish ΓΆrt), Gothic π…πŒ°πŒΏπ‚π„πƒ β€Ž(waurts).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wyrt/

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