Where does “jurt” come from?
jurt (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.
jurt (Icelandic): plant
Ancestry of “jurt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | urt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wurt- | oblique stem of *wrōts |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wrōts | root |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wréh₂ds | root |