Where does “vært” come from?

vært (Danish) comes from Middle Low German wert, from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic werduz, from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-.

vært (Danish): host; landlord

Definitions

  1. host; landlord

Ancestry of “vært”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwertworth; host
2Old Saxonwerd—
3Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
4Proto-Germanic(H)uer-—

Words derived from “vært”

Every word from Proto-Germanic (H)uer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werduz →Every word from Old Saxon werd →
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