Where does “verstur” come from?

verstur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse verstr, from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz — superlative degree of *ubilaz.

verstur (Faroese): worst, superlative degree of ringur, superlative...

Definitions

  1. worst, superlative degree of ringur, superlative...

Ancestry of “verstur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseverstr
2Proto-Germanicwirsistazsuperlative degree of *ubilaz
Every word from Proto-Germanic wirsistazEvery word from Old Norse verstr
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