Where does “wert” come from?

wert (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic werduz, from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-.

Ancestry of “wert”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wert”

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