Where does “Uert” come from?

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

Uert (Luxembourgish): place, locality; village, hamlet

Definitions

  1. place, locality; village, hamlet

Ancestry of “Uert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanortsharp point
2Proto-West Germanic*oʀdsharp point, spear-point, spear
3Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uzdaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd →