Where does “ord” come from?

ord (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

ord (Old English): point; point of origin, beginning; front;...

Definitions

  1. point; point of origin, beginning; front;...

Ancestry of “ord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*oʀdsharp point, spear-point, spear
2Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

Words derived from “ord”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uzdaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd →