wurzel

== English == === Etymology === From German Wurzel (“root”), via mangelwurzel, a root crop cultivated for livestock feed beginning in the 18th century. === Noun === wurzel (plural wurzels) A rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin. A mangelwurzel. == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === wurzel inflection of wurzeln: first-person singular present singular imperative == Middle High German == === Etymology === From Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- + *waluz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwurt͡səl/ === Noun === wurzel f a root ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Wurzel === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “BÜHSE”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel