Where does “-wierþe” come from?

-wierþe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *wirþī, from Proto-Germanic wirþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

-wierþe (Old English): worthy of; able to, capable of; fit for, tending...

Definitions

  1. worthy of; able to, capable of; fit for, tending...

Ancestry of “-wierþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wirþī—
2Proto-Germanicwirþijazworthy, worth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “-wierþe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wirþijaz →