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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lort

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lurtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“crooked”). Cognate with Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”), Proto-Celtic *lordskākos (“lame-footed”),[1] and perhaps Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”).

Adjective

*lort

  1. crooked
    Synonym: *krump
  2. lame, clumsy
    Synonym: *lam
  3. left, left-handed
    Synonym: *winistr
    Antonym: *tehswō
  4. deceptive

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *lort
Genitive *lortas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *lort *lortu *lort
Accusative *lortanā *lortā *lort
Genitive *lortas *lorteʀā *lortas
Dative *lortumē *lorteʀē *lortumē
Instrumental *lortu *lorteʀu *lortu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *lortē *lortō *lortu
Accusative *lortā *lortā *lortu
Genitive *lorteʀō *lorteʀō *lorteʀō
Dative *lortēm, *lortum *lortēm, *lortum *lortēm, *lortum
Instrumental *lortēm, *lortum *lortēm, *lortum *lortēm, *lortum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *lurt

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: lort, lyrt
  • Old Dutch: *lort
    • Middle Dutch: loorts
  • Old High German: *lorz, *lurz
    • Middle High German: lorz, lërz, lurz
      • German: lurz (dialectal)
  • →? Late Latin: lurdus, lordus (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Vulgar Latin: *lurtius, *lortius
    • Old French: lorche, lourche[2]
      • Middle French: lorche
        • French: lourche
      • → Middle English: lorche
      • → Italian: lurcio

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lerd-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 679
  2. James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Lurch”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
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