Where does “tungljurt” come from?

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

tungljurt (Icelandic): moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)

Definitions

  1. moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)

Ancestry of “tungljurt”, step by step

tungljurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic jurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicjurtplant
2Old Norseurt—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Icelandic tungl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictungla moon; a satellite
2Old Norsetunglmoon
3Proto-Germanictungląluminary, orb; heavenly body, star
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʰ-to cover; to overcast

Words derived from “tungljurt”

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