German Low German edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Low German dēr, from Old Saxon dior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ.

Compare Albanian dash (ram), Lithuanian daũsos pl (upper air; heaven), Lithuanian dùsti (to sigh), Russian душа́ (dušá, breath, spirit), Lithuanian dvėsti (to breathe, exhale), Sanskrit ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati, he falls to dust).

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Noun edit

Dird n (plural Dirde)

  1. animal