Where does “wāert” come from?

wāert (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wert, from Proto-Germanic werduz, from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-.

Ancestry of “wāert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwert—
2Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
3Proto-Germanic(H)uer-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic (H)uer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werduz →Every word from Old Dutch wert →