Where does “ort” come from?

ort (German) comes from Middle High German ort, from Old High German ort, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

ort (German): place, location, point, position

Definitions

  1. place, location, point, position

Ancestry of “ort”, step by step

ort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German ort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanortpoint , corner, end point, boundary, border,...
2Old High Germanortsharp point
3Proto-West Germanic*oʀdsharp point, spear-point, spear
4Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Middle Low German ort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanortleftover, remainder, small part, fragment

Words derived from “ort

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-