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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”), and perhaps Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”).
Adjective
*lort
- crooked
- Synonym: *krump
- lame, clumsy
- Synonym: *lam
- left, left-handed
- Synonym: *winistr
- Antonym: *tehswō
- deceptive
Inflection
a-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Nominative
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*lort
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Genitive
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*lortas
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*lort
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*lortu
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*lort
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Accusative
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*lortanā
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*lortā
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*lort
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Genitive
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*lortas
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*lorteʀā
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*lortas
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Dative
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*lortumē
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*lorteʀē
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*lortumē
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Instrumental
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*lortu
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*lorteʀu
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*lortu
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*lortē
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*lortō
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*lortu
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Accusative
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*lortā
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*lortā
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*lortu
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Genitive
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*lorteʀō
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*lorteʀō
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*lorteʀō
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Dative
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*lortēm, *lortum
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*lortēm, *lortum
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*lortēm, *lortum
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Instrumental
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*lortēm, *lortum
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*lortēm, *lortum
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*lortēm, *lortum
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Alternative reconstructions
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lerd-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 679
- ^ 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.