*turdą

Runic: ᛏᚢᚱᛞᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtur.ðɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

manure
mud

Etymology

According to Orel, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥-to-s, a participle from *der- (‘to split, tear’); cognate with Latvian dìrst (‘to poop, shit’). Note that Kroonen prefers to reconstruct the Germanic as *turzdaz; see there for more.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	turdą	turdō
Acc.	turdą	turdō
Gen.	turdas, turdis	turdǫ̂
Dat.	turdai	turdamaz
Inst.	turdō	turdamiz
Voc.	turdą	turdō

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Descendants

*tord (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tord, *tort (Old Dutch)
  - torde, torte, tort, toort (Middle Dutch)
    - tort (Dutch)
*tord (Proto-West Germanic)
- tord (Old English)
  - tord, toord, torde (Middle English)
    - turd (English)
    - tuird (Scots)
*tord (Proto-West Germanic)
- zort (Old High German)
  - *zort, zurch, zürch (Middle High German)
    - Zort, Zürch (German)
*turtē (Proto-Samic)

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