Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wurdą”

400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wurdą — including word, password, wording, keyword, foreword, watchword, crossword, wordplay.

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English (119)

Icelandic (40)

Swedish (39)

Dutch (38)

Danish (37)

German (25)

Esperanto (15)

Faroese (10)

Yiddish (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Afrikaans (5)

Ido (5)

Volapük (5)

West Frisian (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Gothic (3)

Old English (3)

Japanese (2)

North Frisian (2)

Limburgish (2)

Italian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Scanian (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Russian (1)

Old High German (1)

German Low German (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Gutnish (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Korean (1)

Middle High German (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Scots (1)

Alemannic German (1)