Where does “Wortschatz” come from?

Wortschatz (German) comes from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

Wortschatz (German): vocabulary; lexicon

Definitions

  1. vocabulary; lexicon

Ancestry of “Wortschatz”, step by step

Wortschatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wôrt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwôrtplural word as an isolated unit
2Middle High Germanwortword; verb
3Old High Germanwortword; verb
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via German schatz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschatztreasure
2Middle High Germanschaz—
3Old High Germanscaz—
4Proto-Germanic*skatt—

Words derived from “Wortschatz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →