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Where does “lyrtan” come from?

lyrtan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic lurtijan, from Proto-Indo-European lerd- — to bend; arch; crook; to bend, crook; crooked.

Ancestry of “lyrtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclurtijanto deceive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlerd-to bend; arch; crook; to bend, crook; crooked

Words derived from “lyrtan”

  • lirt
  • belirt
  • bilurten
  • lirten
  • belirten
  • lurten
  • belyrtan
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