Dird

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German dēr, from Old Saxon dior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ.

Compare Albanian dash (“ram”), Lithuanian daũsos pl (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian душа́ (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dvėsti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati, “he falls to dust”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːɐ̯t/

Noun

Dird n (plural Dirde)

  1. animal
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