Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/urtiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

A dissimilated form of *wurtiz, *wurt-, itself derived from *wrōts.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈur.tiz/

Noun

*urtiz f

plant
field; garden

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *urtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*urtiz	*urtīz
vocative	*urti	*urtīz
accusative	*urtį	*urtinz
genitive	*urtīz	*urtijǫ̂
dative	*urtī	*urtimaz
instrumental	*urtī	*urtimiz

Derived terms

*urtōną

Descendants

Old English: *ort (in ortġeard (previously mis-associated with Latin hortus))
- Middle English: orcherd, orchard
  - English: orchard
Old High German: *orz (in orzōn (“to tend or cultivate a field”) < *urtōną)
Old Norse: urt (alternatively from *wurt-)
- Icelandic: urt, jurt
- Faroese: urt
- Norwegian: urt
- Old Swedish: yrt
  - Swedish: ört
  - → Finnish: yrtti
- Danish: urt
Gothic: *𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (*aurts) (in 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards))
- →? Old Church Slavonic: врътоградъ (vrŭtogradŭ)

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