уырд

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • урдæ (urdæ) (Digor)

Etymology

By metathesis from Proto-Iranian *udra-, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, of water”), from *wed- (“water, wet”). For other examples of such a metathesis see ӕрды́н (ærdýn) and ӕрду́ (ærdú).

Noun

уырд • (wyrd) (plural уырдтæ)

  1. (Iron dialect) otter

References
  • Abajev, V. I. (1989) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 120
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.