Where does “wert” come from?

wert (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic werduz, from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-.

wert (Middle Low German): worth; host

Definitions

  1. worth; host

Ancestry of “wert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonwerd—
2Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
3Proto-Germanic(H)uer-—

Words derived from “wert”

Every word from Proto-Germanic (H)uer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werduz →Every word from Old Saxon werd →