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Where does “wierrest” come from?

wierrest (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz — superlative degree of *ubilaz.

wierrest (Old English): superlative degree of yfel: worst

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of yfel: worst

Ancestry of “wierrest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwirsistazsuperlative degree of *ubilaz

Words derived from “wierrest”

  • worst
  • worsted
  • worstest
  • worstly
  • werst
  • worstness
  • werste
  • wurste
  • warste
  • wirste
  • worste
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