woartel

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wirtel, wortel, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”).

Noun

woartel c (plural woartels, diminutive woarteltsje)

1. root
2. carrot
3. square root
4. (slang) penis

Further reading

• “woartel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011