Where does “worð” come from?

worð (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

worð (Old English): word

Definitions

  1. word

Ancestry of “worð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*word—
2Proto-Germanicwurdąword
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

Words derived from “worð”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →