wirsch

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (rare, regional) surly, gruff, testy
  2. (rare, regional) impatient, agitated, wild

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/vɪʁʃ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Attested since ca. 1600. Precise origin disputed: * Back-formation from unwirsch (“gruff, indignant”), in which the prefix un- was seen as superfluous. Secondarily associated with wirr. * Derived from wirren (“to be or make confused, agitated”) + -isch. Secondarily associated with unwirsch.

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