Wurt

(Engels)

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vʊʁt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: woerd

Verwant aan IJslands: 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”).

Synoniemen

Warft

Vertalingen

crannog