Where does “urt” come from?

urt (Danish) comes from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

urt (Danish): herb

Definitions

  1. herb

Ancestry of “urt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseurt—
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “urt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →