Where does “wort” come from?
wort (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.
wort (Middle Dutch): word; diction, what someone says or writes;...
Definitions
- word; diction, what someone says or writes;...
Ancestry of “wort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | wort | word |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |
Words derived from “wort”