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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish vørt,[2] from Old Norse virtr, from Proto-Germanic *wirtiz. Svensk etymologisk ordbok suggests the word is borrowed from Middle Low German.[3] Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål vørter, Norwegian Nynorsk vørter, Danish urt.
Noun
vört c (uncountable)
- wort
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Etymology 2
Clipping of vörtbröd (“wort bread”), from vört (“wort”) + bröd (“bread”).
Noun
vört c
- wort bread
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal], number 3
- ^ vört in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ^ vört in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)