Where does “wort” come from?

wort (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch worte, from Old Dutch wurta, from Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju — spice, seasoning.

wort (Dutch): wort (unfermented beer)

Definitions

  1. wort (unfermented beer)

Ancestry of “wort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchworte—
2Old Dutchwurta—
3Proto-West Germanic*wurtijuspice, seasoning
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju →Every word from Old Dutch wurta →Every word from Middle Dutch worte →