Where does “urt” come from?

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

urt (Norwegian Bokmål): a herb

Definitions

  1. a herb

Ancestry of “urt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishurtherb
2Old Norseurt—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-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- →