Where does “wyrte” come from?

wyrte (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wurtijō, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

wyrte (Old English): brewing wort, new beer, spice; wort

Definitions

  1. brewing wort, new beer, spice; wort

Ancestry of “wyrte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwurtijōherb; spice
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “wyrte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →