Where does “verða” come from?

verða (Faroese) comes from Old Norse verða, from Proto-Germanic werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verða (Faroese): to become; to be

Definitions

  1. to become; to be

Ancestry of “verða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseverðato become
2Proto-Germanicwerþanąto become; to come to be, to come into existence;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werþaną →
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