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Where does “Wuert” come from?

Wuert (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

Wuert (Luxembourgish): word

Definitions

  1. word

Ancestry of “Wuert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwortword; verb
2Proto-West Germanicwordword
3Proto-Germanicwurdąword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

Words derived from “Wuert”

  • Kräizwuerträtsel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →