urtica
Meaning
- (declension-1) stinging nettle
- (declension-1) sea nettle
- (declension-1, figuratively) a (sexual) itch, prurience
Concepts
Synonyms
urtīca
Translations
ortie
ortiga
ortica
Brennessel
urtiga
brandnetel
ortiga
τσουκνίδα
قراص
ısırgan
ortigaPronounced as (IPA)
[ʊrˈtiː.ka]
Etymology
Unknown. Ernout and Meillet rejects association with ūrō (“to burn”) as a folk etymology, since that verb etymologically has a stem ending in -s- and so should have yielded *ū̆stīca instead.
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