Where does “wordy” come from?

wordy (Middle English) comes from Old English wordiġ, from Old English worð, from Proto-Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

wordy (Middle English): wordy

Definitions

  1. wordy

Ancestry of “wordy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwordiġwordy, verbose
2Old Englishworðword
3Proto-Germanic*word—
4Proto-Germanicwurdąword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

Words derived from “wordy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →