Where does “wôrt” come from?

wôrt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon word, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

Ancestry of “wôrt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonwordword
2Proto-West Germanicwordword
3Proto-Germanicwurdąword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

Words derived from “wôrt”

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