Feminine
Wurzel
Meaning
- (feminine) root
- (feminine) root
- (feminine, figuratively) root
- (feminine) root
- (feminine) root
- (feminine, historical) root
- (Northern-Germany, feminine) carrot
Concepts
Synonyms
Basiszahl
Gelbe Rübe
Stammwort
Primitivum
Urwort
Wurzelwort
ursprüngliches Wort
Radicalwort
Würzelchen
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
wuurze
Basel-Landschaft
wuurzle
Zürich
wurzel
Zürich
wurzle
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German wurzel, from Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- + *waluz. Compare Dutch wortel, Luxembourgish Wuerzel, Hunsrik Worzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, Vilamovian wücuł, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu, Middle English wortwale; cf. modern English wort.
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