Where does “ort” come from?

ort (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ort, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

ort (Middle High German): point , corner, end point, boundary, border,...

Definitions

  1. point , corner, end point, boundary, border,...

Ancestry of “ort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanortsharp point
2Proto-West Germanic*oʀdsharp point, spear-point, spear
3Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

Words derived from “ort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uzdaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd →
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