Where does “Mettwurst” come from?

Mettwurst (German) comes from German wurst, from Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-West Germanic wursti, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Mettwurst (German): a strongly flavoured German sausage made from raw...

Definitions

  1. a strongly flavoured German sausage made from raw...

Ancestry of “Mettwurst”, step by step

Mettwurst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wurst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurstanyway, anyhow
2Middle High Germanwurst—
3Old High Germanwurst—
4Proto-West Germanicwurstisausage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via German Mett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMettminced meat; such meat, seasoned and eaten raw,...
2Middle Low Germanmetlean pork
3Proto-Germanicmatjąfood

Words derived from “Mettwurst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →