Where does “vloekwoord” come from?

vloekwoord (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans woord, from Dutch woord, from Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

vloekwoord (Afrikaans): swearword

Definitions

  1. swearword

Ancestry of “vloekwoord”, step by step

vloekwoord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans woord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanswoordword
2Dutchwoordword
3Middle Dutchwortword; diction, what someone says or writes;...
4Old Dutchwortword
5Proto-West Germanicwordword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Afrikaans vloek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansvloekcurse, oath; to curse; to swear
2Dutchvloekcurse
3Middle Dutchvloec—
4Old Dutchfluok—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →