Where does “vert” come from?

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

vert (Norwegian Bokmål): a host; a landlord

Definitions

  1. a host; a landlord

Ancestry of “vert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwertworth; host
2Old Saxonwerd—
3Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
4Proto-Germanic(H)uer-—

Words derived from “vert”

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