Where does “wurde” come from?

wurde (Old English) comes from Old English weorþan, from Proto-West Germanic werþan, from Proto-Germanic werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

wurde (Old English): inflection of weorþan: ## second-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of weorþan: ## second-person...

Ancestry of “wurde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweorþanto become; to be; to happen
2Proto-West Germanicwerþanto become
3Proto-Germanicwerþanąto become; to come to be, to come into existence;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werþaną →