Where does “Worst” come from?

Worst (Hunsrik) comes 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.

Worst (Hunsrik): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “Worst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwurst—
2Old High Germanwurst—
3Proto-West Germanicwurstisausage
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-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-West Germanic wursti →
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