Wurf
German (Berlin)
/vʊʁf/
noun
Definitions
- throw
- litter (of cubs)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wurf inherited from Old High German wurf inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurpiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (turn, bend, twist, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werb-
Gloss
turn, bend, twist, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verber Latin
- Arm German
- Diskus German
- Diskuswurf German
- Einwurf German
- Hammer German
- Hammerwurf German
- Messer German
- Rückwurf German
- Schatten German
- Schattenwurf German
- Schaufel German
- Spiel German
- Stein German
- Steinwurf German
- Stern German
- Wurfarm German
- Wurfmesser German
- Wurfschaufel German
- Wurfspiel German
- Wurfstern German
- ein German
- ῥάπτω Ancient Greek
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *warpą Proto-Germanic
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- *wlappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrappan- Proto-Germanic
- *wrappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurpiz Proto-Germanic
- wyrp Old English
- wurf Old High German
- wurf Middle High German
- *awa-rapa Proto-Albanian