Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tord

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *turdą.

Noun

*tord n

dung, excrement
Synonyms: *dungu, *mihs, *skarn, *skiti

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tord
Genitive	*tordas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tord	*tordu
Accusative	*tord	*tordu
Genitive	*tordas	*tordō
Dative	*tordē	*tordum
Instrumental	*tordu	*tordum

Descendants

Old English: tord
- Middle English: tord, toord, torde
  - English: turd
  - Scots: tuird
Old Dutch: *tord, *tort
- Middle Dutch: torde, torte, tort, toort
  - Dutch: tort
Old High German: zort
- Middle High German: *zort, zurch, zürch
  - German: (dialectal) Zort, (archaic) Zürch

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