Where does “wyrhta” come from?

wyrhta (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wurhtijō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

wyrhta (Old English): a worker; a maker of something

Definitions

  1. a worker; a maker of something

Ancestry of “wyrhta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwurhtijōworker, workman
2Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “wyrhta”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jō →