West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

woartel c (plural woartels, diminutive woarteltsje)

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

Further reading edit

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