Where does “worste” come from?

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

Ancestry of “worste”, step by step

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

Words derived from “worste”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz →Every word from Old English wierrest →