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Where does “werste” come from?

werste (Middle English) comes from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz — superlative degree of *ubilaz.

Ancestry of “werste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwierrestsuperlative degree of yfel: worst
2Proto-Germanicwirsistazsuperlative degree of *ubilaz

Words derived from “werste”

  • worst
  • worsted
  • worstest
  • worstly
  • werst
  • worstness
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