Wurt

Significat (Anglès)

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

Sinònims

Warft

Traduccions

crannog

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/vʊʁt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: woerd

Cognat amb islandès: urð

In summary

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”).