уырд

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Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

By metathesis from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *udra-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 уырдтӕ)

  1. (Iron) otter

References

  • Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 120
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