Where does “dvergtungljurt” come from?

dvergtungljurt (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tungljurt, from Icelandic jurt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

dvergtungljurt (Icelandic): little grapefern (Botrychium simplex)

Definitions

  1. little grapefern (Botrychium simplex)

Ancestry of “dvergtungljurt”, step by step

dvergtungljurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic tungljurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictungljurtmoonwort (Botrychium lunaria)
2Icelandicjurtplant
3Old Norseurt—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Icelandic dvergur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdvergura dwarf
2Old Norsedvergra dwarf; a short support pillar; a brooch, stud,...
3Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →