Wurt

• Wuat (alternative spelling)
• Wort
• Wåoscht (South Central Bavarian, Tyrol)

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om.

• IPA^(key): /vʊɐd̥/, /βʊɐd̥/
• Homophone: Wuad

Wurt n (plural Wearter) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna)

1. word

From Low German Wurt, Wort, from Middle Low German wurt, from Old Saxon wurth, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz. Cognate with Dutch woerd (“man-made hill”), Icelandic urð (“area covered by fallen rocks”).

• IPA^(key): /vʊʁt/, [vʊʁt], [vʊɐ̯t]

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Wurt f (genitive Wurt, plural Wurten)

1. man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)

   Synonym: Warft

• Historic Wurten are particularly important for archeology and the term is often met with in this context.

• Wurtenforschung