vurz

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • vurtz, vorz, furz, furtz, forz

Etymology

    From Old High German furz, from Proto-West Germanic *furtu, from Proto-Germanic *furtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvʊrt͡s/, /ˈfʊrt͡s/

    Noun

    vurz m

    1. fart

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Central Franconian:
    • German: Furz
    • Yiddish: פֿאָרץ (forts)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vurz”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "vurz" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)