Dird

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Dirt

Etymology

From Old Saxon dior from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm (“living thing”) (compare Albanian dash (“ram”), Lithuanian daũsos pl (“upper air; heaven”)), from *dʰews- (“breath”) (compare Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian душа́ (dušá, “breath, spirit”)), full-grade derivative of *dʰwésmi (compare Lithuanian dvėsti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati, “he falls to dust”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːɐ̯t/

Noun

Dird n (plural Dirde)

1. animal