Where does “verst” come from?
verst (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse verstr, from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz — superlative degree of *ubilaz.
verst (Norwegian Bokmål): indefinite singular superlative degree of vond:...
Definitions
- indefinite singular superlative degree of vond:...
Ancestry of “verst”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | verstr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wirsistaz | superlative degree of *ubilaz |