Where does “ört” come from?

ört (Swedish) comes from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

ört (Swedish): herb

Definitions

  1. herb

Ancestry of “ört”, step by step

ört traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse urt

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

via Middle Low German ort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanortleftover, remainder, small part, fragment

Words derived from “ört”

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