Where does “woord” come from?

woord (Dutch) comes 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.

woord (Dutch): word

Definitions

  1. word

Ancestry of “woord”, step by step

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

Words derived from “woord”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →