Feminine
Würze
Meaning
- (feminine) spice, aroma
- (feminine) wort
Concepts
Synonyms
aromatischer Geschmackstoff
Würzessenz
Würzigkeit
Wohlgeschmack
scharfer Geschmack
Würzstoff
Tunke
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvʏʁt͡sə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German würze (ca. 1300). The form could go back through Old High German *wurza to a possible Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju, for which speaks Old Saxon wurtia. However, Pfeifer considers it a collective use of the plural of wurz (“herb, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, *wurtiz, merged with Middle and Old High German wirz (“beerwort”), from Proto-Germanic *wirtiz, itself an ablaut variant of the former (compare Middle Low German werte, Old Norse virtr). See also Gewürz.
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