Gürtel

German (Berlin)

/ˈɡʏʁtəl/

noun
Definitions
  • belt band worn around the waist
  • (figuratively) belt; strip (e.g. of villages around a city, etc.)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gürtel inherited from Old High German gurtil inherited from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (belt, girdle) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (enclose, belt, yard, court, encircle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰerdʰ-

Gloss

enclose, belt, yard, court, encircle

Concept
Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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