Etymology Explorer › Faroese

Where does “urt” come from?

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

urt (Faroese): wort, herb, haulm; wort, first brew of malt, when...

Definitions

  1. wort, herb, haulm; wort, first brew of malt, when...

Ancestry of “urt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseurt—
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →